Starting at three A.M.on the 4th we paddled the whole day through channels from two to five or six miles wide, all tending to the southward.

In the course of the day's voyage we ascertained that the land which we had seen on our right since yesterday morning consisted of several large islands which have been distinguished by the names of Goulburn, Elliott, and Young, but the land on our left preserved its unbroken appearance and when we encamped we were still uncertain whether it was the eastern side of a deep sound or merely a large island.

It differed remarkably from the main shore, being very rugged, rocky, and sterile, whereas the outline of the main on the opposite side was even and its hills covered with a comparatively good sward of grass exhibiting little naked rock.

There was no drift timber but the shores near the encampment were strewed with small pieces of willow which indicated our vicinity to the mouth of a river.

This fuel enabled us to make a hearty supper from a small deer killed this evening.
The shallows we passed this day were covered with shoals of capelin, the angmaggoeuk of the Esquimaux.