Chapter VI

Set out for the north--Equipment of the
party--Snow-blindness--Musk-ox--Mode of killing it--Reach the
coast near Point Hargrave--Ice rough along shore--Pass Cape Lady
Pelly--Unfavourable weather--Slow progress--Put on short
allowance--River Ki-ting-nu-yak--Pemmican placed _en
cache_--Cape Weynton--Colvile Bay--High hill--Dogs giving
way--Work increased--Snow-house-building--Point Beaufort--Point
Siveright--Keith Bay--Cape Barclay--Another _cache_--Leave the
coast and proceed across the land--River A-ma-took--Dogs knocked
up--Lake Ballenden--Harrison islands--Party left to procure
provisions--Proceed with two of the men--Cape Berens--Relative
effects of an eastern and western aspect--Halkett Inlet--Reach
Lord Mayor's Bay--Take formal possession of the
country--Commence our return to winter quarters--Friendly
interview with the natives--Obtain supplies of provisions from
them--View of Pelly Bay--Trace the shore to the eastward--Travel
by night--Explore the coast of Simpson's Peninsula--Arrive at
Fort Hope--Occurrences during the absence of the exploring
party--Character of the Esquimaux Ivitchuk 97

CHAPTER VII.

Preparations for exploring the coast of Melville
Peninsula--Outfit--Leave Fort Hope--Pass over numerous
lakes--Guide at fault--Dease Peninsula--Arrive at the
sea--Fatigue party sent back to Fort Hope--Barrier of
ice--Lefroy Bay--Large island named after the Prince of
Wales--Detained by stormy weather--Short allowance--Cape Lady
Simpson--Selkirk Bay--Snow knee-deep--Capes Finlayson and
Sibbald--Deer shot--A cooking scene--Favourite native
relish--Again stopped by stormy weather--Cape M'Loughlin--Two
men left to hunt and fish--Cape Richardson--Chain of
islands--Garry Bay--Prince Albert range of hills--Cape
Arrowsmith--Coast much indented--Baker Bay--Provisions
fail--Proceed with one man--Cape Crozier--Parry Bay--Cape
Ellice, the farthest point seen--Take possession--Commence our
return--No provisions procured by the men left behind--Short
commons--Flock of cranes--Snow-blindness--Arrive at Repulse Bay 137

CHAPTER VIII.

Occurrences at Fort Hope during the absence of the exploring
party--Remove from winter quarters to tents--Sun seen at
midnight--Build an oven and bake bread--Esquimaux method of
catching seals--A concert--Lateness of the summer--A native
salmon-wear--Salmon spear--Boulders on the surface of the
ice--Visited by a native from the Ooglit Islands--His report of
occurrences at Igloolik--Indolence of the natives--Ice breaking
up--Halkett's air-boat--A storm--The ice dispersed--Prepare for
sea 165

CHAPTER IX.

Voyage from Repulse Bay to York Factory 178