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may here mention that also, in returning on the before-described 

 vexatious walk, we noticed a wall of stone — moss-covered stone — 

 at the outlet of the lakelet, which was made, as Ebierbing said, by 

 his people that had lived a great many years before, for a hiding- 

 place, to enable them to kill tuktoo as they followed along their 

 path, which was close by. Numerous old bones of this animal we 

 saw by this wall. 



On the 11th of June, at noon, I put on a rock a delicately -bal- 

 anced compass needle, the north pole of which stood on zero. At 

 12 midnight it was one degree west of zero. At 3 30 A.M. of the 

 12th it was one degree east of zero point ; but more about this in 

 its proper place. 



On the same day, the 11th, half a mile northwest, on the top of 

 the mountain in the rear of our camp, I took bearings of various 

 prominent places ; and while taking the angle of an island five 

 miles distant to the south, Ebierbing and Koodloo with me, the 

 former, looking around with the glass, suddenly exclaimed, " M- 

 noo! Ninoo!" pointing, at the same time, in the direction of the 

 very island I was sighting. In an instant Koodloo rushed off to 

 harness up the dogs, and I after him, Ebierbing remaining behind 

 for a moment to watch the bear's movements. Presently I de- 

 cided upon returning to continue my work and let both the In- 

 nuits go in chase. Eeascending to the spot I had left, I continued 

 on to the northward and westward till I had ascended a still high- 

 er mountain, the table-topped " Mount Warwick" of Frobisher. 



There I remained for hours, with changes in the atmosphere so 

 tantalizing that it vexed me greatly. One moment there was a 

 beautiful sky, the next every thing was enveloped in thick fog. 

 So it continued, calm as a summer's day at home, not a cloud in 

 the sky as the fog lifted, the sun shining brightly for a moment, 

 and anon darkened by impenetrable vapor. I was greatly disap- 

 pointed. I had fixed a capital point by sun to take my angles of 

 various mountains, bays, headlands, etc., but, in consequence of 

 the state of the weather, was obliged to leave my work incom- 

 plete. 



In descending to a lower point, I distinctly saw Meta Incognita, 

 the fog having dispersed in that direction. Also I saw Eesolu- 

 tion Island, which bore S. 12° W. (true). 



I returned to the camp shortly after, but Ebierbing and Kood- 

 loo had not yet arrived. 



While waiting for the two Innuits, I gathered some fuel, kin- 



