_Pemee_, Fat, melted and prepared.
_Pus-coo-na-oo_, Fat animal.
_Pis-seth-che-hin_, Listen to me.
_Ke-pay-tow-in_, You hear me.
_Ke-Pay-tartin_, I hear you.
_N’ Ne-Pay-tah-soon_, I hear myself.
_Ke-Pay-tahk_, You are heard.
_Ke-Pay-tahk-coo-wow_, They hear you, (plural.)
_Ke-Pay-tahk-coo-wow-uck_,
_Pow-is-stick_, A waterfall.
_Pe-chow_, A long distance by land.
_Pe-tahk-ho-gun_, A long distance by water.
_Pe-tis-quon-my-gow_, A long distance by ice.
_Pus-quas-qua-ow_, A hummock of wood.
_Pay-soo-sin_, A short distance.
_Pim-mith-e-hick-oo-mow_, A lake broader than long.
_Pah-kahk_, A ghost, or skeleton.
_Pow-woggan_, Morpheus, or the God of Dreams.
_Pe-wee-tog-gun_, A shooting-place; _i.e._ a
waterfall, practicable for boats
to go down.
_Parqua-sin_, Shoal water.
_Parquow_, Dry, or little water.
_Pim-mah-gam-mah-hummock_, Canoes crossing a lake or river
obliquely.
_N’ Ne-Pee-kis-curtain_, I am uneasy.
_Pee-kis-kah-tethe-tah-gun_, The case is melancholy.
_Ke-Pait-twah-tin_, I have brought it you.
_Ke-Pait-tah-hoo-twah-tin_, I have brought it you by water.
_Ke-Pait-lah-hoo-tow-in_, You have brought me something.
_Pemass-sue_, To sail.
_Pimiss-scow_, To paddle.
_Peen-me-gun_, Crooked-grained wood.
_Peemow_, Crooked.
_Pah-tuce_, Afterwards.
_N’ Ne-Puk-kis-cah-tam_, I am unhappy.
_Pis-sin-nah-tis-sue_, Mischievous.
_Pus-ke-thahk_, To excel, He is excelled.
_Ne-Pus-ke-thak-gan_, I have excelled.
_Pay-pay-me-tah-che-moo_, To crawl.
_Pem-oo-tah_, To walk.
_Pe-mo-at-tah-muck_, To ride.
_Pim-me-thow_, To fly.
_Pepoon_, Winter.
_Pepurisue_, To winter. Also the name of a
winter-bird.
_N’-Pe-pun-is-sin_, I wintered.
_Pe-mah-tah-gas-gun_, To go on the ice.
_Pah-mah-ta-gow_, To go into the water—deep.
_Pah-coo-pay_, To walk ditto—shoal.
_Pay-coo-pay_, To come up after diving.
_Pan-nis-swow_, To split meat.
_Pus-sah-wow_, To split wood, and work it with a
hatchet.
_N’gah-Pus-sa-higgan_, I will go and sit down and split
some wood.
_Pah-pe-tues-is-se-nah-gun_, Variety.
_Pus-sah-qua-pue_, To shut the eyes.
_Pus-pah-pue_, To look through, or peep.
_Pus-pah-pue-win_, A window.
_Pun-mis-cah-tayoo_, To go to a house any distance in
winter.
_Puah-pee-tway-tin_, Missing fire.
_Pwas-tow-we-mah-tway-tayoo_, Hanging fire.
_Pwas-towe-we_, Tedious, Not quick.
_Pah-ke-tit-tow_, To let fall.
_Pay-catch_, Slow.
_Pet-tah_, Thirst.
_Pah-too-mah_, By-and-bye.
_Pah-pue_, Laugh.
_Pah-pisk_, A great laughter.
_Pah-pin-nah-ne-woo_, Very laughable.
_Ke-Pah-pe-pin_, You laugh at me.
_Ke-Pah-pi-hittan_, I laugh at you.
_Poo-see_, To set off by water.
_Pim-mah-hum-moak_, Flying towards the sea-shore.
_Pemah-tis-sue_, Living, Still alive, Longevity.
_Pe-mah-tis-se-win_, Any thing that promotes life.
_Pe-mah-che-how_, To bring to life.
_Peth-coo-wow_, To penetrate.
_Puck-queth-qua-sue_, To let blood.
_Pah-coo-moo_, To vomit.
_Pah-puthe-tow_, To bring up any thing accidentally
swallowed.
_Pis-se-quah-tis-sue_, Mischievous.
_Pee-kis-quay_, To sing, or make a noise.
_Pah-mit-tis-saw-wow_, To run after any thing.
_Peway-pisk_, Iron, Almost all kinds of metal.
_Pah-pus-qua-hum_, Breaking-up of lake-ice.
_Ka-Pah-tis-sue_, Dull, Not clever.
_Pis-us_, To doubt.
_Pee-tah_, Any thing that frustrates a design.
_Pit-tah_, Stop.
_Pitche-coo_, To move about from one place to
another.
_Ne-Pit-chin_, I have moved.
_Ne-Pus-cay-wan_, I parted.
_Ne-Pus-cay-pitchin_, To part company, A party taking
different routes.
_Pus-ca_, To part with a companion by ditto.
_Pus-cay-tah_, To tear with the mouth.
_Pah-pow-wah-hah_, or _Poo-two-wah_, Shake it.
_Pah-ke-puthee_, A swelling.
_Pay-nass_, or _Pach-nass_, Come for it.
_Qui-usk_, Straight, In a direct line.
_Ne-Qui-usk-queth-eten_, I have fixed my mind, or come to a
determination.
_Ke-Qui-usk-co-mitten_, Candidly.
_Qua-pah-kay_, or _Qua-pah-hah_, Dip a drink.
_Qua-pah-hum-mow-in_, Dip me a drink.
_Qua-pah-hum-nah-sue_, Dip a drink yourself.
_Qua-pah-hum-mow-win-nan_, Dip us a drink.
_Ques-ke-tai_, The other side.
_Ke-Qui-ske-queth-e-tin_, You have come to a determination.
_Sepun_, Strong.
_Sepen-nay-oo_, Strong in health, Not easy killed.
_Sow-with-coo-sue_, Bloody.
_Oo-Sow-wow_, Yellow.
_Oo-Sow-us-quow_, Green.
_Ta-na-Sin-ne-cow-take_, What is the name of it?
_Soo-sow-wow_, Smooth.
_Sug-goo_, Thick, One after another.
_Sug-gow_, Thicket of woods.
_Sack-ka-higgan_, A lake.
_Ke-we-Sah-wan-ne-how_, You do not use him well.
_Sem-mahk_, At first.
_Sack-ke-how_, I love.
_Sacke-how-e-wah-bah-ne_, If I had loved.
_Sack-ke-how-wahk-oo-punny_, If we had loved, If they had loved.
_Sack-ke-hitch-che_, If she loves her or him.
_Sack-ke-huck-ke_, If I love her.
_Sack-ke-hisk-kee_,
_Sack-ke-hit-too-uck_, They love each other.
_Sack-ke-hit-too-nan_, Loving each other.
_Sack-kee_, Love.
_Sack-ke-hin_, Love me.
_Ke-Sack-ke-hitten_, I love you.
_Ke-Sack-ke-hick_, He loves you, or You are loved by
him.
_Ke-Sack-ke-hick-wuck_, They love you.
_Ke-Sack-ke-how_, You love him.
_Ke-Sack-ke-hich-coo-wow_, He loves you both.
_Ke-Sack-ke-hittan-now-wow_, I love you both.
_Ke-Sack-ke-hin-now-wow_, You both love him.
_Ke-wee-Se-gan-nis-qua-pis-sin_, You want to pull my hair.
_Se-gan-nis-qua-pis_, Pull his hair.
_See-tap-pah-quan_, A tent made with leather.
_Soak-ethe-tum_, Obstinate.
_Sa-sah-gis-sue_, Stingy.
_Suthe-an_, Any kind of coin, A medal.
_Suthe-an-ahpish_, The metal of which any coin is
made.
_Soo-Sow-wah-pisk_, Any smooth stone.
_Sepah_, Underneath.
_Sepayow_, Hollow, like a bridge.
_Sa-cooleh_, It must be so.
_Ke-Sack-cooch-e-hitten_, I overpower you.
_Sah-puaw-pow-way_, Wet through.
_Sah-paw-pwow-we-nah-gwun_, Any thing that has a wet look.
_Sah-puaw-pum-e-nah-gwun_, Transparent.
_See-coo-win_, Spittle.
_Soake-sue_, Strong wood.
_Sag-ga-wow_, Narrow.
_Tan-na-twe-un_, What do you say?
_Tan-na-tway-un_, What do I say?
_Tan-na-twit_, What does he or she say?
_Tan-natwit-twow_ or What do they say?
_Tanna-twitch-ick_,
_Tibbis-cow_, Night.
_N’Tit-tah-pah-tain_, I dreamed.
_Tah-nah-twan-nick_, What is the meaning of it?
_Ta-bith-e-tah_, _Tho-theth-e-tah_, You direct.
_N’Took-e-moam_, My chief.
_N’Tut-tah-min-na-wow_, I overtook or came up with him.
_Tah-nah-the-coke_, What distance?
_Thah-than-nah_, To swim.
_Thow-we-nah-gun_, A long distance, but in sight
sometimes.
_Ke-took-e-maam-in-now_, Our chief.
_N’Tas-tah-gat-tis-soon_, I think I am not sufficient for
the task.
_Tho-is-cow_, Soft.
_Tho-skeg-gan_, Soft skin, Well dressed.
_Tay-poy_, Call.
_Tay-pois_, Call him.
_To-kin_, To open.
_To-kap-pue_, To open the eyes.
_Ke-Tah-hah-ee-mow_, You adopt him.
_Tah-nah-tah-co-mut_, In what line of relationship do
you hold him?
_Tan-na-tah-co-misk_, In what line of relationship does
he hold you?
_Tah-nait-te-gowan_, What is my name? or, What am I
called?
_Tah-nait-te-gow-we-en_, What is your name?
_Tah-na-sin-ne-cau-soo-yen_,
_Tah-na-sin-ne-caw-swa-an_, What is my name?
_Tah-na-sin-ne-caw-soot_, What is it’s name?
_Tah-hutch-e-tow-in-nah_, Tools, Utensils.
_N’-Tah-but-teth-emow_, I think him, or it, useful.
_Tow-weg_, The middle of a skin.
_Ke-Tis-qua-how-uck_, You killed a great many.
_Ke-Tis-coo-now_, You left some.
_Tick-cuck_, All of them.
_Tah-to_, The number.
_Than-tah-to_, What number?
_Than-a-tus-se-chick_,
_Tahn-a-tah-tin-e-thick_, What number were there?
_Tahn-as-takee_, or _Tan-a-koo-tu_, What of that?
_Tahn-a-te-theme-un_, What do you think of me?
_Tahn-a-teshe-tum-mun_, What do I think of it?
_Tahn-a-teshe-tum-man_, What do I think?
_Tahn-a-teshe-tum-me-u’onny_, Whatever you think or have thought.
_Tuck-ke-coom_, Phlegm.
_Tethe-coom_, Nostril.
_Tuck-oo-sin_, To arrive by land.
_Tah-pa-tah-hum-moak_, Flying low.
_Tabeth-a-way_, Real.
_Ta-bith-was-sue_, Possessed of property.
_Tah-ti-sue_, The behaviour of a person.
_To-is-pis-sue_, Good-natured.
_Tus-swow_, Straight.
_Tah-cuoch_, Above, Uppermost.
_Tus-tow-widge_, Middle, Between.
_Ke-keppah-Tow-a-gan_, Your ears are sloped.
_Tah-but-tis-sue_, Useful.
_Tah-na-tah-but-tis-sue_, For what use?
_N’-Tah-coo-sin_, I am ill.
_Ke-Tith-e-wee-cah-pow-wis-tow-wow_, You are taller than him.
_Ke-Tap-pe-se-si-sin_, You are little.
_Ke-Tay-ack-quam-ethe-mittan_, I have a great opinion of him.
_Tay-poo-pay-oo_, Satisfied with drinking.
_N’-Tay-poo-pan_, I am full of liquor.
_Tip-pah-hum_, To pay, To measure.
_Tip-pah-higgan_, A measure, A rule.
_Ke-Tow-we-hah-soon_, You borrow.
_Ke-Tul-tow-wan_, You trade.
_Kit-Tut-tah-mittan_, I trade with you.
_Ke-Tus-tum-mah-tin_, I hinder you.
_Ke-Tit-twes-tum-mah-tin_, I am your interpreter.
_Ta-ow-wedge_, A word used by way of confirmation.
_Ta-tow-wedge_, The middle.
_Tow-weidge_, Far from the shore.
_Us-to-gum-moo_, Still water.
_Utch-chahk_, A star.
_Un-ne-mah_, That
_Un-to-wappun_, Make use of your eyes, Look well
for him.
_Uh-tah-meek_, Underneath.
_Uh-tah-mus-cum-meek_, Under ground.
_Us-kee_, A country.
_Us-kee-ah_, Moss
_Us-keek-wah_, Lead
_Us-keek_, A kettle.
_Us-too-thoo_, To build canoes.
_Us-tay-boo_, Sober.
_Us-pah-che-gun_, An ingredient or sauce, as gravy
to beef.
_Us-put-tis-ewin_, Payment.
_Us-put-tis-sin_, Pay me.
_Uttow-way_, To trade or barter.
_Uttah-muck_, Inside.
_Um-misk_, A beaver.
_Um-misk-wy-an_, A beaver’s skin.
_Us-skah-tie_, A green fur-skin, or undressed
skin.
_Up-pwooy_, Paddle.
_Wah-ha-wun_, Weak.
_Wappun_, Daylight.
_Wappas-sue_, An early riser, One who rises by
daylight.
_Wee-kee_, What used to be.
_Weggee-moggan_, Mate, (a person that lives in the
same tent.)
_Wiggee_, Place of abode.
_Nis-tais-Weggee-mah-gun_, He lives with my elder brother.
_Weggee-wow_, Their dwelling.
_Wethin_, Fat in its natural state.
_Wee-thin-noo_, Fat (as a fat animal), Fat meat.
_Wah-thou_, A great distance.
_Wah-thoue_, A hollow or vacuum.
_Wappow_, Narrow part of a lake, where the
two shores almost meet.
_Wap-pick-oo-mow_, A narrow lake.
_Wow-we-ick-oo-mow_, A round lake.
_Wappusk_, A white bear.
_Wah-ke-nog-gan_, Jumper.
_Wus-qui_, Birch.
_Ke-Wan-nay-too-tow-wow_, You do not use him well.
_Wah-gow_, Crooked.
_Wee-lah_, Tell it.
_Wee-tum-mow_, Tell him.
_Wee-rup-pow_, _Ne-Wee-rup-pan_, He wants to sleep.
_We-thun-e-taggay_, Disjointing and cutting up an
animal.
_We-thun-e-how_, To cut up, To disjoint.
_Walhow-nah-gun_, Any thing seen far off.
_Wee-cheg-gun_, Stink.
_Wo-waudge_, Also.
_Kee-Wappin_, You see.
_Wy-ais_, Something.
_Ke-Wah-co-mow_, You call him your relation.
_Ke-We-way-a-se-min_, You hinted to deceive me.
_We-co-to_, To feast.
_We-co-too-nah-me-woo_, Feasting.
_Weeth_, Name it, Mention its name.
_Wee-this-sue_, Mention your own name.
_Was-cah_, Around.
_Was-cah-higgan_, A house.
_Was-keig_, The edge of a skin.
_We-ug-ge-tow_, Not to be frugal, To be wasteful.
_Wun-ny-hov_, To loose, Lost.
_Ne-Wan-eth-etum-mow-mick_, He makes me at a loss what to say.
_Wan-eth-etum_, He is quite at a loss.
_Was-tai-ab-bel_, Light eyes.
_We-the-gre-quay_, Dirty face.
_Wow-we-ec-quay_, Round face.
_Wow-we-eg-se-nah-goo-sue_, Droll looking.
_Wo-we-et-tis-sue_, A funny person.
_Ke-Wo-we-ase-hittan_, I was jesting with you.
_N’-Wo-we-etwan_, I spoke it in jest.
_Wee-kee_, Accustomed.
_Wutchee_, A hill.
_Wah-gis-cow_, Any thing that bends well.
_Ne-Wap-pah-tin_, I saw it.
_Ne-Wap-puh-tith-ick_, It was shown to me.
_Was-dis-sue_, To appear bright with the
reflection of the sun.
_Wah-thoue_, Hollow, like an empty nut-shell.
_Wow-we-ah-sue_, The full moon.
_Wow-we-a-sue_, Round.
_Was-cum-mis-sue_, Not intoxicated, Sober.
_Wus-kitch_, Outside.
_Wes-kutch_, Formerly.
_Wee-sin-now_, Castorum.
_Wee-pus-cow_, Burnt wood, lying on the ground.
_Wan-nah-scootch_, The end, edge, or extremity.
_Wenne-peg,_ The sea called by that name; also
a lake.
THE END.
R. Watts, _Printer,
Crown Court, Temple Bar_.
FOOTNOTES
[1]See Appendix (E).
[2]This duty is considered by all naval officers as the severest trial
of health and spirit to which the profession of a seaman is liable:
and in proof of this, it will appear, by the following Narrative,
that, upon the _Rosamond_ being ordered a second time to this
station, her Captain obtained leave to quit his ship, and eight of
her crew deserted the first time the boat went to shore, after the
order arrived from the _Admiralty_.
[3]See the narrative of this circumstance, as it appeared, at the time,
in the _Naval Chronicle_ and other public journals. Upon this signal
instance of _British_ valour in a person so young as to be almost a
child in the service, and who had gallantly volunteered to accompany
the expedition upon this dangerous enterprise, the Captain of his
ship presented Mr. _Chappell_ with the sword of the _Spanish_
Commander, as the prize of his valour.
[4]The Gunner was tried by a Court-martial, during our stay at the
_Nore_; and was sentenced, to be reprimanded, and to receive an
admonition to be more cautious in future.
[5]This is one of the most remarkable examples of the _Cyclopéan
architecture_ of the _Celts_ which is known to exist; owing to its
remote situation with regard to the rest of _Europe_.
[6]The _Fucus Vesiculosus_ of _Linnœus_, or _Bladder Fucus_; called also
_Sea Oak_, and _Sea Wrack_. The _alkaline_ salt obtained from these
ashes is the common _carbonate of soda_.
[7]For an accurate Table of the different degrees of variation, see
_Appendix_ (A).
[8]For any further particulars respecting the Settlements and progress
of the _Moravians_, on the Coast of _Labrador_ and elsewhere, the
Reader is referred to a “History of the Mission of the _United
Brethren_ among the _Indians_ in _North America_,” in Three Parts,
by _George Henry Laskiel_; translated from the _German_, by
_Christian Ignatius La Trobe_, 1794. Also to “The Periodical
Accounts of their Missions,” published by the _Brethren’s Society_,
for the furtherance of the Gospel, at No. 10, _Nevil’s Court, Fetter
Lane, Holborn, London_.
[9]See the _Vignette_ to p. 1.
[10]See the rough Sketch of a Canoe, made by the Author on the spot.
_Plate_ I.
[11]Mr. _Hearne_, in his Journey to the Mouth of the _Coppermine River_,
observes, that the _Esquimaux_, on the sea coast to the northward,
used kettles made of _lapis ollaris_.
[12]It was probably _Sea-weed_; a kind of food eaten as a stew, or soup,
by the natives of the Isle of _St. Kilda_, in the _Hebrides_.
[13]A List is contained in the _Appendix_, of the different articles of
_Esquimaux_ manufacture which were presented, by the Author, to the
University Library at _Cambridge_; accompanied, also, by a List of
things of a similar nature brought to _Russia_ by Commodore
_Billings_, from the N. W. coast of _America_.
[14]This gallant officer lost his arm in the attack on _Java_, by a
cannon-ball. The seamen seeing him knocked backwards by the shock,
and lying senseless, conjectured that he had been killed outright;
but as they were bearing him off the field, the Captain recovered
his senses, and feeling the hot beams of a vertical sun striking
directly on his face and head (his hat having rolled off when he
fell), he immediately exclaimed to one of his men, “_Damme, Sir!
fetch me my hat._”
[15]Some of the arrows brought to _England_ by the Author were barbed
_flint_, and exactly resemble the arrow-heads found in the _Tomb of
the Athenians_ in the _Plain of Marathon_.
[16]See the Plate.
[17]See _Hearne’s_ “Journey to the _Northern Ocean_,” p. 154, _London_,
1795.
[18]This practice was common to almost all the antient world; especially
to the _Celtic_ and _Gothic_ tribes, as manifested by the
antiquities now found in their sepulchres. Possibly, therefore, the
_Asiatic_ origin of the _Esquimaux_ may hence be deduced. The same
custom also exists among the _Greenlanders_; who are, in fact, a
branch of the _Esquimaux_. “They like,” says _Crantz_, “to make the
grave in some remote high place, laying a little moss upon the bare
ground (for the rock admits of no digging), and spread a skin upon
it. . . . . Near the burying spot they deposit the _kajak_ and darts
of the deceased, and the tools he daily used.”—See _Crantz’s
Greenland_, _vol._ I. _p._ 237. _London_, 1767.
[19]_Moschetos_ are considered as among the winged agents of the _Evil
Spirit_, by some of the _North-American_ tribes.
[20]See the Sketch of this remarkable _Cape_, taken on the tops.
[21]_Hearne’s_ Journey to the Northern Ocean, p. 224. _Lond._ 1795.
[22]See the Voyages of _Frobisher_, _Davies_, and others.
[23]This is the denomination of the bottom of _Hudson’s Bay_ to the
southward of _Cape Henrietta Maria_.
[24]The Beluga.
[25]The account of the above transaction was derived from the most
indubitable authority.
[26]Memoirs of Mrs. _Mary Robinson_.
[27]See the account of Expeditions through the North-West Continent of
_America_ to the _Pacific Ocean_.
[28]The infant colony is called by his Lordship, _Osna Boia_ (two
_Gaelic_ words signifying _Ossian’s Town_), from the resemblance
between _that_ and the _Indian_ name of _Red River_—_Asnaboyne_.
[29]See _Appendix_ B.
[30]It is astonishing, that, before the return of the ships, the whole
of the drift ice in the _Straits_ disappeared.
[31]I should have before mentioned, that the _Prince of Wales_ did not
arrive at _York Flats_ until the day after our ship.
[32]As it may be amusing to some people, I have added a few
thermometrical observations made at _Oxford House_, in the year
1811.—See _Appendix_ C.
[33]Instead of tracing the _Nelson River_ from its source to the sea, it
will be expedient to annex a map of the river from _Lake Winnipeg_
to the _Gull Lake_, shewing also the portages, &c.; and this part of
the river may be taken as a sample of the whole.
[34]The badge of his dignity among the _Indians_.
[35]The title by which he distinguished the officers of the ship from
the gentlemen of the factory.
[36]A very expressive name given by the _Indians_ to spirituous liquors,
signifying _Mad-Water_.
[37]Whilst this Journal was preparing for the press, the following
article appeared in many of the Daily Prints.
“Intelligence has been received, by a late arrival from _Canada_, of
the entire dispersion of the Colony founded by Lord _Selkirk_, in
conjunction with the _Hudson’s-Bay Company_, on the River
_Asnaboyne_, in the interior of the N. W. Continent of _America_.
Disputes with the _Metiffs_ of the Country, a race of people between
_Canadians_ and _Indians_, inflamed the natural jealousy which the
latter have always felt, relative to the agricultural encroachments
on their hunting-grounds in the interior, and, we understand,
compelled his Lordship’s Governor to abandon the establishment which
had been made.”—“About one hundred and forty settlers were conveyed
by the _Canadian_ traders to Lake _Superior_, on their way to
_Canada_; and the remainder are supposed to have gone to _Hudson’s
Bay_, with a view of finding a passage to _Great Britain_.
“The Governor, Mr. _M^cDonald_, and a Sheriff, also appointed by
Lord _Selkirk_ (Mr. _Spencer_), were brought down prisoners to
_Montreal_; the one for having granted, the other for having
executed, a warrant, under the authority of which, provisions, the
property of _Canadian_ traders, were seized during the preceding
winter, for the maintenance of the colonists; and these gentlemen
were admitted to bail in the Courts of _Lower Canada_, to take their
trials for this alleged offence.”
Whatever may be the decision of the Judges on this trial, the
_Metiffs_ will have succeeded in their malevolent intention, that of
destroying all prospect of the Colony ever arriving to a flourishing
condition.
[38]See _Pinkerton’s Geography_.
[39]Here Mr. _Pinkerton_, although perfectly correct in every other
respect, has fallen into the same error as other geographers;
namely, in peopling _Hudson’s Bay_ with _Esquimaux_: whereas, the
_Cree Indians_, who inhabit the Bay, are not savage, take no care of
their eyes, and are clothed by the _European_ traders.
[40]Here he plainly alludes to the _Esquimaux_ of _Hudson’s Straits_;
not to the _Cree Indians_ of the Bay.
[41]At present they employ but two ships, and consequently considerably
fewer seamen.
[42]For the amusement of persons who are desirous of such information, I
have annexed an abstract of the ship’s reckoning from _Cape
Resolution_ to the _Orkneys_. See Appendix D.
[43]See _Walter Scott_’s Notes on _Marmion, a Tale of Flodden Field_.
[44]Fossil timber, in a mineralized state, is found in the _Orkneys_ and
in the _Hebrides_. In the island of _Skie_ there was found part of a
large tree mineralized by _Hornstone_; which is now in the
possession of the Professor of Mineralogy at _Cambridge_.
[45]So called by the _Canadians_.
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