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low islands at the mouth of the fiord formed a sort of 
protection against the north wind, was a group of Es¬ 
quimaux remains,—huts, cairns, and graves. Though 
evidently long deserted, my drivers seemed to know all 
about them, for they suspended the hunt around the 
bergs to take a look at these evidences of a bygone 
generation of their fathers. 
There -were five huts, with two stone pedestals for 
the protection of meat, and one of those strange little 
kennels which serve as dormitories when the igloe is 
DALLAS BAY HUTS. 
crowded. The graves were farther up the fiord: from 
them I obtained a knife of bone, but no indications of 
iron. 
These huts stood high up, upon a set of sliingle-ter- 
races similar to those of Rensselaer Bay. The bclhice 
at their foot was old and undisturbed, and must have 
