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On March 22 the writer with one Eskimo started with a load of seal 
meat. In the evening of March 23, the seal meat was cached for future 
use as dog food, at a place a few miles east of the mouth of Amadjuak 
river. The following day the return trip was commenced and the base 
camp at the east end of the lake was reached in the evening of March 25. 
On the way, a hind quarter of caribou meat was secured from a small 
band of Eskimo. With the exception of an occasional hare and some seal 
liver, the writer had been without fresh meat for several months. On 
the various winter trips the meat used was buffalo pemmican and beans, 
cooked together and frozen in cubes. For use, this ration only needs 
heating over a gasoline-burning stove. 
The Eskimo who had remained at the base camp had succeeded in 
locating, beneath the deep snow, the skins and other collections cached 
in 1925. On March 26, everything was moved back to Amittok lake to 
the camp beside the boat. On the following day the boat and outfit were 
hauled to Nettilling fiord. The following days the journey down Net- 
tilling fiord was continued, but on March 31 at a place a few miles east of 
Kangertlukjuak fiord, the ice was so rough that no progress could be made 
with the sleds laden with the boat. With much difficulty, the boat was 
hauled to the shore and left there above high tide mark. Pangnirtung 
post was reached in the evening of April 1. 
On April 11, Pangnirtung post was left and a trip commenced to 
Amadjuak bay on Hudson strait. The writer was accompanied by two 
Eskimo with two dog teams. Nettilling lake was reached April 15 after 
being stormbound for one day. Camp was made at the mouth of Amad- 
juak river at the southwest corner of Nettilling lake, in the evening of 
April 17. 
On April 18, while one team brought forward the seal meat cached in 
March, some miles to the east, the writer made a side trip southwest to 
Pingualuik hill. It was reached at about noon after travelling about 9 
miles. The approach is over gently rising slopes succeeded by a series of 
benches which rise to a general altitude of 150 feet above the tundra. 
Pingualuik and adjacent hills rise from the rolling tableland with sharp 
slopes, to heights of from 175 to 300 feet. They appear to be morainic, 
composed of gravel, principally limestone, with a slight matrix of sand 
and clay, and many boulders of limestone and granite. 
To the west and north of Pingualuik hill, a low, gently rolling plain 
extends as far as eye can see. It is sparsely covered with poor grasses 
and plants. Higher land can be seen about 25 miles south and appears 
to be a western extension of low hills lying between Nettilling and Amadjuak 
lakes. Pingualuik hill can be easily discerned at a distance of from 20 to 
30 miles, even though only 300 feet in height above the lake. Its bearing 
from the mouth of Amadjuak river is 333 degrees magnetic. 
The morning of April 19 was clear with a gentle wind from the north 
and a temperature of 4 degrees above zero. Two inches of fresh snow had 
fallen during the night. Leaving camp, Amadjuak river was followed for 
a mile or so. A due south course west of the winding river was then 
adopted. The ground is low with here and there low, rounded ridges. 
The snow was somewhat soft; most of it was crusted, but large areas were 
underlain by soft, granular snow with a thin crust, which, although support- 
ing a man on snowshoes, gave much trouble with a heavily loaded sledge. 
In the early afternoon a lake about 4 miles long was reached and was 
