26*2 
LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
From several observations made by Commander Ross, at this 
time, the latitude of Felix Harbour was determined to be 69°. 59, 
north, and the longitude 92° 2' west. 
The weather on the 16th being extremely fine, Commander 
Ross went to the huts, and having assembled the whole tribe, 
he told them, that they were a set of accomplished Tegligtokes 
(thieves,) and that unles they brought all the things back which 
they had stolen, they should never be allowed to come near the 
ship again. This threat had the desired effect, for on the 
following day, a party came to the ship and brought back all 
the stolen property, and amongst the thieves appeared, not the 
least conspicuous, Tullooachiu with his wooden leg, who brought 
back a knife which he had stolen, and with the greatest sang¬ 
froid deposited it in the very place, from which he had taken it, 
which was the mess berth of the sailors. They did not appear 
to be in the least affected with any shame on being detected in 
their little thefts, on the contrary by the restitution of the things, 
they seemed to think that they had fully exonerated themselves 
from all culpability, and that they ought to stand as high as ever 
they did in the estimation of the crew. 
From the 18th to the 22nd the wind blew keenly from the 
north, which in some degree impeded the excursions of the 
officers on shore, but still the ship was visited every day by the 
Esquimaux, who, on one occasion brought the skin of a glutton 
and of a musk ox, and a whole seal, for the latter they obtained 
a cheese knife. 
It may be here necessary to mention, that the articles which 
Capt. Ross gave to the Esquimaux in exchange for their dresses, 
skins, and other natural productions of the country, were in fact 
the presents that were shipped on board the Fury, and were 
found by Capt. Ross on the beach. They consisted of knives, 
scissars, fish hooks, harpoon heads, darts, cheese-knives, awls, 
&c. It became a question amongst the crew whether Capt. Ross 
was authorized to make use of those articles, as belonging to 
government in the way of exchange for the productions and 
manufactures of the country, and then appropriating the articles 
so obtained to his sole use. They argued that the articles were 
