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off calico dresses that .they have brought from the States or from 

 England, which are highly prized by the Innuit women. It is 

 rare to find, at the present day, a native family that does not pos- 

 sess something of the kind. 



" We continued on around the island, finding, every few fath- 

 oms in our progress, numerous Innuit relics. At length we ar- 

 rived at a plain that extended back a considerable distance from 

 the coast. Here we recognized, at our right, about sixty rods dis- 

 tant, the point to which we first directed our steps on reaching 

 the high bank after leaving the boat. 



■ - 1 was several fathoms in advance of Koo-ou-le-arng, hasten- 

 ing on, being desirous to make as extended a search as the brief 

 remaining daylight would allow, when, lifting my eyes from the 

 ground near me, I discovered, a considerable distance ahead, an 

 object of an unusual appearance. But a second look satisfied me 



THE DISCOVERY OF FROBI8HER RELICS NEARLY THREE HUNDRED YEARS OLD, SUNDAY, 

 AUGUST llTH, 1861. „, 



