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10) 1861 Aug 13 Tues that come upon us in our course. Now down now-up - then a cross wave taking us broad side almost overturning the frail craft on wh. our all was staked. No fool's job to manage a Boat in such as we experienced to-day. I noticed this peculiarity to-day that from Oo-pung-ne-wing (our 3d Encampment) (Island where Annewa was last winter with his Innuit friends} to this place Toong-wine (our 4th Place of encampment) snow from the mountains is off. In Rescue Bay (the mountains around it) & thence to Oo-pung-ne-wing much snow still remains. another feature is that the land on North side Frobisher Bay as I proceed up grows less & less mountainous. The appearance now is that I shall find new head of this Bay N.E. side low land compared with much that is along toward the entrance. I had in my hand much of the time to-day as we Coasted along the British Admiralty Chart in wh. a delineation of the coast of Frobisher Bay has been attempted. No recognizable feature in it. The man who [[underlined]] guessed [[/underlined]] at it [[end page]] [[start page]] (11 1861 Aug 13 Tues. made a failure out & out. Were it not for the evidence I have succeeded in obtaining here North, I should ever have doubted that Frobisher & his fleet were ever in what I now denominate as Frobisher Bay. The evidence of Sunday P.M. when I discovered what I did on the Island Ni-youn-te-lik Co-joined with the Oral history accumulated from the Innuits puts all beyond farther doubts. The arrangement I made this Morning with my Innuit crew was that if they would proceede quickly as possible to head of this Bay I would there stop as long as it would be prudent - & that I would allow them ample time to go Took-tooing as well as same in returning. Therefore there has been but little to-day of the delay of the preceeding ones from Sealing & ducking. Many Seals seen & Ducks also. Koo-jes-se fired at one seal - missed. Many ducks flew passed us. I was interested in the close imitation the Innuits make with their voices to the cry of young ducks thus causing the Ducks to circle around