and shot one of the birds. They were very wild and difficult to shoot. We made good progress and Camped at night just south of the mouth of "Yellowknife Bay" into which the Yellowknife River empties. Shot a muskrat on an island where we stopped a few minutes. Saw many Pacific Loons during the day and several species of Ducks elsewhere recorded Tuesday July 16. Awoke to find a gale wind blowing and making the men. I made ready to start and we were soon under way. We soon reached and crossed the mouth of Yellowknife Bay and then sailed the rest of the day between Islands of which there are thousands. Following the east cost of the Northern Arm as I progressed the opposite shore became visible and at the point opposite where we Camped was quite high for several miles. We stopped at night at "Trout Rock" said to be 40 miles South of Fort Rae. The shores and islands of the Northern Arm are of Solid rock in places holding a little soil which supports a scanty growth of spruce, Birch and Labrador plants. and much moss. The Islands are so numerous and the shores so indented with bays that it is difficult to tell where the main shore is. At Trout Rock where we camped there are some swampy patches with grass and bushes. The stopping place being selected on this account as I wished to do some Foraging. This is the first place passed since crossing the Lake which offers any inducement