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AKCTIC KE-SEARCH EXPEDITION. 



TEEMINATION OF WARD'S INLET — THE NAEKOWS AND ANN MAEIA POET. 



himself down, and proceeded with his gun to make the usual In- 

 nuit approaches, as already described, toward a place where some 

 seals were close together. At last he shot one, having been one 

 hour and twenty-five minutes crawling up to within six fathoms 

 of his prey. A raw and blood- warm seal-feast immediately fol- 

 lowed, for this was the first thing secured for four days. Never 

 did I enjoy any thing with a better relish. 



On the right of the extreme termination there is a bold mount- 

 ain, with a ravine between it and the opposite side, which is grad- 

 ually sloping. The bay or harbor between the Narrows and the 

 termination of the inlet is indeed magnificent. After staying here 

 as long as my time would permit, and having determined that no 

 "strait" or passage exists in this direction, I started on my return, 

 and soon again arrived at the Narrows. Here the view below 

 was one of the most interesting I had beheld since arriving North. 

 From the Narrows, which is from one sixth to one third of a mile 

 wide, to the termination of this arm of Ward's Inlet, is a distance 

 of four miles. This beautiful sheet of water I have named Ann 

 Maria Port.* As we made our way through the Narrows on our 

 return, the view, on looking down the inlet, was truly magnifi- 

 cent. The long line of black, jagged, buttress-like mountains on 

 either side of the pure white pathway before us presented a scene 

 that I shall not soon forget. 



As we returned down this inlet, going at a slower rate than 



* Named after the wife of Augustus H. Ward. The head or termination is in lat. 

 63° W N., long. 67° 48' W. Vide Chart. 



