Some specimens of variegated pebbles and jasper were found here embedded in the amygdaloidal rock.
Reembarking at two P.M.and continuing through what was supposed to be a channel between two islands we found our passage barred by a gravelly isthmus of only ten yards in width; the canoes and cargoes were carried across it and we passed into Bathurst's Inlet through another similar channel bounded on both sides by steep rocky hills.

The wind then changing from South-East to North-West brought heavy rain, and we encamped at seven P.M.having advanced eighteen miles.
August 25.
Starting this morning with a fresh breeze in our favour we soon reached that part of Barry's Island where the canoes were detained on the 2nd and 3rd of this month and, contrary to what we then experienced, the deer were now plentiful.

The hunters killed two and relieved us from all apprehension of immediate want of food.

From their assembling at this time in such numbers on the islands nearest to the coast we conjectured that they were about to retire to the main shore.

Those we saw were generally females with their young and all of them very lean.
The wind continued in the same direction until we had rounded Point Wollaston and then changed to a quarter which enabled us to steer for Hood's River, which we ascended as high as the first rapid and encamped.
Here terminated our voyage on the Arctic Sea during which we had gone over six hundred and fifty geographical miles.