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down to rest, I would not wager that our stomachs were not as 

 widely distended as had been that of the defunct Ninoo. 



I may here mention that the bear's bladder was inflated and 

 hung up to the pole of our tupic, and, according to Innuit cus- 

 toms, should remain there three days. 



Early in the morning of Wednesday, the 12th of June, I was 

 up, and ready for a proposed trip. It had been decided to set out 

 this day on our return to the ship, but I could not think of leav- 

 ing this interesting region without visiting the utmost extreme of 

 land — the " North Foreland" of Frobisher. Leaving my two com- 

 panions asleep, I walked off alone. The snow was deep and soft, 

 making my traveling laborious. "When about half way, I ascend- 

 ed a hill that overlooks the channel between " Hall's Island" and 

 "Hall's smaller island." The channel was free from ice save 

 near its west end, close by the little bay of our encampment, and 

 V presented an animated pic- 



ture of life, for seals and 

 aquatic birds in great varie- 

 ty were sporting there. But 

 as only a very brief time re- 

 mained for this journey, I 

 was obliged to hasten on. 

 At length, after a labori- 

 ous walk, I reached " North 

 Foreland," the goal of my 

 ambition in this present 

 trip. 



Here the view was as en- 

 chanting as it was extens- 

 ive. The sea around, as far 

 as the eye could reach, was 

 open ; jet much ice, in the 

 Be_ various forms of " sconce" 

 pieces, floes, and bergs, was 

 drifting about. 



" North Foreland" pre- 

 sented a bold front. As I 

 looked down from its heights (an elevation of several hundred 

 feet), the sea was "playing fantastic tricks," its mighty waves 

 dashing in quick succession against the rocky rampart by which 

 I was shielded, leaping upward as if to meet and greet me, say- 



NOETH FORELAND OF FEOBI8HEE. 



