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•winter. 3. Koluak: females still smaller, but not materially so. 4. Nolikak: 
the yearlings or younger animals. These last are prized for children's clothing. 
It is tho Benncsoak which is so useful as an Arctic sloeping-bag in the sledge- 
journeys. 
Note 5, p. 32. 
Within comparatively recent periods tho Esquimaux had summer settlements 
around Wilcox Point and the Melville Glacier; but in 1820 tho small-pox so 
reduced them that they were concentrated about Upemavik. Except occasional 
parties for the chase of the white bear or the collection of eider-down, there are 
no natives north of Yotlik. Capo Shackleton and Horse's Head are, however, 
visited annually for eggs and down. By the tortuous route of tho Colonial 
Itinerary, the latter is rated at twenty-eight Danish, or about one hundred and 
thirty-five statute, miles from Upemavik. 
Note G, p. 43. 
The North Water, although its position varies with the character and period 
of the season, may bo found, under ordinary conditions, in the month of August 
off Capo York. The local name given to it by the whalers is tho Cape York 
Water. 
Note 7, p. 46. 
This moss—an unrecognised sphagnum—was studded with the pale-yellow 
flowers of tho Ranunculus sabinii. No less than four species of Draba wero 
afterward found on the island. 
Note 8, p. 46. 
Poa and alopecurus, with their accompanying bird-life, are abundant on the 
Bouthem faces of Capo Alexamlor; but all the headlands to the north are 
utterly destitute of apparent vegetation. On Sutherland’s Island a scanty 
supply of scurvy-grass ( Cochleariafenestrala ) may be found. 
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Note 9, p. 49. 
This ice was not distinguishable from aloft at the time of leaving the bldg. 
Note 10, p. 55. 
My survey of this harbor shows forty fathoms water to within a biscnit-tos9 
of its northern headland,—a square face of gneiss rock; thence E. by S., (true,) 
heading for a small glacier, you may carry seven fathoms to within two hun¬ 
dred yards of land. Tho southern side is shoal and rocky. The holding- 
ground is good, and the cove completely landlocked, except a small channel 
