. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. esailed. We soon reached the shore, and I immediately landedto examine the place as well as the short time at my disposalwould permit. I soon came across , which was probably the com-mencement of a mine dug by Frobisker, though the Innuits, judg-ing only from what they saw, called it a reservoir for fresh water,a quantity of which collected in it at certain seasons. This ex-cavation was at some distance from the ruins of the stone houses,and was eightj-eigkt feet long and six feet deep. On the shore of the north side of the islan
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. esailed. We soon reached the shore, and I immediately landedto examine the place as well as the short time at my disposalwould permit. I soon came across , which was probably the com-mencement of a mine dug by Frobisker, though the Innuits, judg-ing only from what they saw, called it a reservoir for fresh water,a quantity of which collected in it at certain seasons. This ex-cavation was at some distance from the ruins of the stone houses,and was eightj-eigkt feet long and six feet deep. On the shore of the north side of the island I found also an ex-cavation which I called a ships trench, for the Innuits said thatwas where a ship had been built by the white men. It had beendug out of stone, which was of such a nature as to yield to thepersevering use of pickaxe, sledge-hammer, and the bottom of the trench, which was one hundred and ten feet inlength, was an inclined plane, running from the surface of theground to a depth of twenty-five feet at the waters NE OF FEOUIbllHUH 0 MlNt:^ i\\LLj:ii liV TUi: HATXTSB HUU-s TBENCU. On the top of the island I found the ruins of a house, which hadbeen built of stone, cemented together with lime and sand. Thefoundation still remained, and was of lyme and stone. It wasabout twelve feet in diameter, and every portion of it was cover-ed with aged moss. From appearances, some of the stones hadbeen turned over, as if done by Innuits seeking treasure. A few feet east of this house was ,a sort of stone breastwork, 428 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. such as the natives erect for shelter when hunting, and also a pileof stones, which might have been made, as I thought, by Fro-bishers men, to cover some memorial left by them when trying toescape in their ship. Much of the island was covered with shingle, and this, on thenorth side, was so compact, and of such even surface, that it re-minded me of the small cobble-stone pavements in cities. I collected as many r
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