. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. lat. G2° 51 N., long. 6G° 22 W.—Vide Chart. THIRTEENTH ENCAMPMENT. 399 intended to revisit the coast on that side; but still enough hadbeen done, with sufficient accuracy, for the civilized world to gaina knowledge of the general situation of Frobisher Bay. At least,the opinion that these waters are a strait ought not any longer tobe entertained. At 4 , having made a distance of six miles from PealesPoint on a course S. 40° W. true, we entered a channel, withKingaite on our right and Bishops Island* at our left. The coaston each side was
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. lat. G2° 51 N., long. 6G° 22 W.—Vide Chart. THIRTEENTH ENCAMPMENT. 399 intended to revisit the coast on that side; but still enough hadbeen done, with sufficient accuracy, for the civilized world to gaina knowledge of the general situation of Frobisher Bay. At least,the opinion that these waters are a strait ought not any longer tobe entertained. At 4 , having made a distance of six miles from PealesPoint on a course S. 40° W. true, we entered a channel, withKingaite on our right and Bishops Island* at our left. The coaston each side was steep, but in many places covered with grassand the usual vegetation to be found here in the North. The en-trance to this channel was about half a mile wide; but, on mak-ing a quarter of a mile, it brought us into a harbor that appearedto be a fine one, not less than two and a half miles in we passed on a course nearly south to the west side of theharbor, where we landed, and there made our thirteenth encamp-mentf on PgafQ LANDINO POD THE NIGHTS ENCAMPMENT. * Thus named after R. M. Bishop, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The centre of this island,which hounds the north and eastern side of the harbor of the thirteenth encamp-ment, is in lat. C3° 37 N., long. GSJ 85 W. t Our thirteenth encampment was in lat. 63° 8G N., long. C8° 13 W. 400 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. Throughout this day, on approaching the islands or main land,I noticed that the water seemed very shallow, and it was certainthat no large-sized ships could attempt to reach the head of Fro-bisher Bay with any degree of safety. Before arriving at the place of our encampment, I saw the tu-pics of our other Innuit friends and the curling smoke of theirfires. As I landed Koodloo greeted us. He had just come infrom his hunt, having shot and secured skins and toodnoo of fourdeer. This made thirteen that my three men had killed withinfour days. On making up to our intended encampment, all handscommen
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