. Report of the Brown-Harvard Expedition to Nachvak, Labrador, 1900 . rth, acrossSaglek Bay, some of them apparently of the so-called house-roof formation. When we stopped for lunch a little later,the temperature was 63°. In the early afternoon we con-tinued for several miles at a general elevation varying from1,050 to 1,160 feet, and then made a steep descent to a riverflowing northeastwardly into Kajuktok, a portion of SaglekBay. A line of hills, 1,300 feet in height, then lay before us,between the river and the bay. We had but just forded theriver and begun their ascent, when we were fortun
. Report of the Brown-Harvard Expedition to Nachvak, Labrador, 1900 . rth, acrossSaglek Bay, some of them apparently of the so-called house-roof formation. When we stopped for lunch a little later,the temperature was 63°. In the early afternoon we con-tinued for several miles at a general elevation varying from1,050 to 1,160 feet, and then made a steep descent to a riverflowing northeastwardly into Kajuktok, a portion of SaglekBay. A line of hills, 1,300 feet in height, then lay before us,between the river and the bay. We had but just forded theriver and begun their ascent, when we were fortunate enoughto shoot a doe. Amandus concealed the carcass, intendingto return for it after he reached home again; and we tookwith us a leg, which added greatly to our larder during therest of the trip. Then we continued up the hill, walked onfor a couple of miles along its nearly level summit, and atseven oclock stopped for the night near its final crest. Wehad walked during the day about 16 miles. Mosquitoes werethick, and prevented sleep for some time. A wonderful. Eskimo Encampment at Pangnertok.
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