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September 11 and 13, no caribou were seen until the fiord was reached, 
when, September 20, an old bull was shot. 
On the traverse across Baffin island to Foxe basin, in January and 
February, 1926, the first signs of caribou were seen at Tarionnittuk lake, 
south of Kaggilartung fiord and the next at Nedluksean bay in Nettilling 
fiord. Several trails were observed on Amittok lake in late January, and 
a number crossed among the islands up Nettilling lake about 18 miles 
northwest of Isoa. No signs of caribou were seen between this point and 
Foxe basin. At the northern extremity of Nettilling lake, the trails of a 
band of seven animals were seen in early February among the low hills at 
Karmang. It is evident that the entire western plains are deserted by 
caribou during the winter, owing to the deep, hard snow that covers the 
country from November until late May. In the regions, even of low 
relief, the wind partly sweeps the slopes free of snow, and the caribou are 
able to reach the vegetation with comparatively little effort. Along the 
north coast of Nettilling lake trails were frequently observed on the hill 
sides, and on the ice between the mainland and the island. On February 
12, a few trails were seen in Nettilling fiord north of Nauyarping. An old 
trail was crossed on February 13 on a small mountain tarn on the overland 
route from Kangerlukdjuak to Kaggilartung fiord. 
The police on returning from a patrol to the east coast in February, 
1926, reported caribou to be numerous in Kingnait pass, as they had been 
the previous year. 
On the trip to Nettilling lake in March, 1926, several fresh caribou 
trails were observed in the neighbourhood of Tikerakdjuausirn point and 
a single animal sighted near Padle. On March 23, a party of nomadic 
Eskimo hunters were met, who stated that two days previously they had 
killed nine caribou near Meadow bay. This is conclusive evidence that 
caribou resort to the east side of Nettilling lake throughout the year. 
On the traverse from Cumberland sound to Amadjuak bay in April, 
1926, five caribou were seen near Padle in the southern part of Nettilling 
lake. No sign of the animals was seen in the low region between the two 
great lakes, until near the north shore of Amadjuak lake where several 
fresh trails were crossed. A band of six were observed on a point in Mingo 
lake, April 25; no sign of them was observed between this point and the 
sea. 
David Wark, post-manager for the Hudson’s Bay Company at Amad- 
juak bay, stated that caribou are usually plentiful in the district of Lake 
harbour during the autumn and winter and breed to a limited extent not 
far away in the interior. Natives have reported seeing caribou on the 
Grinnell glacier in summer, where they evidently go to escape the mosquitos. 
From statements made by Eskimo, it appears that the caribou start from 
Grinnell peninsula in early spring, pass in late spring between Amadjuak 
and Mingo lakes, continue north along the west side of Amadjuak lake 
during the summer, travel around the north side and south along the east 
shore of the lake during the autumn and early winter, and finally in late 
autumn arrive again in the eastern part of Grinnell peninsula. The 
Eskimo state that calves in considerable numbers are born on the low, 
rolling upland about Mingo lake. 
Vague information gives a hint of another circuitous movement among 
caribou, this time relating to the caribou north of Kelly bay, who work 
northeast toward Mingo lake and probably merge in the migratory stream 
