n mouth of the narrows,
aided, in the present instance, by the strong breeze that blew directly
upon the corner forming the entrance on the south side.

Having landed at Cape Northeast, I made sail for the isthmus at ten
A.M., where we arrived after an hour's run; and hauling the boat up on
the rocks, and depositing the greater part of our stores near her, set
off at one P.M. along the shore of Richards's Bay, being equipped with
only three days' provision, and as small a weight of clothing as
possible. The coast, though not bad for travelling, led us so much more
to the westward than I expected, in consequence of its numerous
indentations, that, after above five hours' hard walking, we had only
made good a W.S.W. course, direct distance six miles. We obtained on
every eminence a distinct view of the ice the whole way down to
Neerlo-nakto, in which space not a drop of clear water was discernible;
the whole of Richards's Bay was filled with ice as before.

We moved at six P.M. on the 4th, and soon came to a number of lakes from
half a mile to two miles in length occurring in chains of three or four
together, round which we had to walk, at the expense of much time and
labour. At half past six, on gaining a sight of the sea from the top of
a hill, we immediately recognised to the eastward the numerous islands
of red granite described by Captain Lyon; and now perceived, what had
before been surmised, that the south shore of Richards's Bay formed the
northern coast of the inlet, up which his journey with the Esquimaux had
been pursued. Our latitude, by account from noon, being now 69 deg. 28', we
felt confident that a short walk directly to the south must bring us to
any strait communicating with that inlet, and we therefore pushed on in
confident expectation of being near our journey's end. At seven P.M.,
leaving the men to pitch the tent in a sheltered valley, Mr. Richards
and myself ascended the hill that rose beyond it, and, on reaching its
summit, found ourselves overlooking a long and narrow arm of the sea
communicating with the inlet before seen to the eastward, and appearing
to extend several miles nearly in an east and west direction, or
parallel to the table-land before described, from which it is distant
three or four miles. That the creek we now overlooked was a part of the
same arm of the sea which Captain Lyon had visited, the latitude, the
bearings of Igloolik, which was now plainly visible, and the number and