JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE

and éntertained fimilar apprehenfions that we fhould not return by this
paflage. He had his alarms alfo refpe€ting the Efquimaux, who might
kill us, and take away the women. Our Indians, however, aflured him
that we had no fears of any kind, and that he need not be alarmed for
himfelf. They alfo convinced him that we fhould return by the way

we were going, fo that he confented to re-embark without giving us

any further trouble; and eight {mall canoes followed us. Our courfes
this day were South-Weft by Weft fix miles, South-Weft by South
thirty miles, South-Weft three miles, Weft by South twelve miles, Welt
by North two miles, and we encamped at eight in the evening on the
Eaftern bank of the river.

The Indians whom I found here, informed me, that from the place
where I this morning met the firft of their tribe, the diftance overland, on
the Eaft fide, to the fea, was not long; and that from hence, by pro-
ceeding to the Weftward, it was ftill fhorter. They alfo reprefented the
land on both fides as projecting to a point. Thefe people do not appear
to harbour any thievifh difpofitions; at leaft we did not perceive that
they took, or wanted to take, any thing from us by ftealth or artifice.
They enjoyed the amufements of dancing and jumping in common with
thofe we had already feen; and, indeed, thefe exercifes feem to be their
favourite diverfions. About mid-day the weather was fultry, but in the
afternoon it became cold. There was a large quantity of wild flax, the
growth of the laft year, laying on the ground, and the new plants were
f{prouting up through it. This circumftance I did not obferve in any
other part,