. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. the main land familiar to me,and finally, after twelve hours travel, making a distance of twenty-three miles, encamped on Fields Island,- at the entrance of Wad-dell Bay. The following day, May 9th, we were at the entranceto the bay—A. H. Wards Inlet,f as I named it—which I had solong desired to explore; but, on the next, owing to bad weatherand soft snow, we could proceed only a short distance. On the11th, however, we made rapid progress, passing on the cast sideof a long island, the scenery magnificent, and, going through aplace where the m
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. the main land familiar to me,and finally, after twelve hours travel, making a distance of twenty-three miles, encamped on Fields Island,- at the entrance of Wad-dell Bay. The following day, May 9th, we were at the entranceto the bay—A. H. Wards Inlet,f as I named it—which I had solong desired to explore; but, on the next, owing to bad weatherand soft snow, we could proceed only a short distance. On the11th, however, we made rapid progress, passing on the cast sideof a long island, the scenery magnificent, and, going through aplace where the mountains almost meet, and which I call TheNarrows, finally arriving at the head of this truly romantic andbeautiful inlet at about 2 Just before passing up through the Narrows, we saw that theice ahead was completely riddled with seal-holes, and that sealsin immense numbers were lying by them basking. Sharkey laid * Named after Dudley Field, of New York City. t Named after Augustus , .f Xew York City. 526 ARCTIC RESEARCH TEEilOiATION OP WARDS INLET—THE NAEEOWS ANT* ANN MAUIA POET. himself down, and proceeded with his gun to make the usual In-nuit approaches, as already described, toward a place where someseals were close together. At last he shot one, having been onehour and twenty-five minutes crawling up to within six fathomsof his prey. A raw and blood-warm seal-feast immediately fol-lowed, for this was the first thing secured for four days. Neverdid I enjoy any thing with a better relish. On the right of the extreme termination thereis a bold mount-am, with a ravine between it and the opposite side, which is grad-ually sloping. The bay or harbor between the Narrows and thetermination of the inlet is indeed magnificent. After staying hereas long as my time would permit, and having determined that no strait or passage exists in this direction, I started on my return,and soon again arrived at the Narrows. Here the view belowwas one of the most int
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