There were some showers in the afternoon and the weather was cold, the thermometer being 42 degrees, but the evening and night were calm and fine.

It may be remarked that the mosquitoes disappeared when the late gales commenced.
August 24.
Embarking at three A.M.we stretched across the eastern entrance of Bathurst's Inlet and arrived at an island which I have named after the Right Honourable Colonel Barry of Newton Barry.

Some deer being seen on the beach the hunters went in pursuit of them and succeeded in killing three females which enabled us to save our last remaining meal of pemmican.

They saw also some fresh tracks of musk-oxen on the banks of a small stream which flowed into a lake in the centre of the island.

These animals must have crossed a channel at least three miles wide to reach the nearest of these islands.