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LIFE WITH THE ESQUIMAUX .

mountains on the Kingaite, Meta Incognita side, and the other the termination of the ridge running on the north side

ICEBERGS ON THE ROCKS.—GREAT FALL OF TIDE.

of Frobisher Bay. The coast of Kingaite was in full view, from the "Great Gateway"[1] down to the "President's Seat,"[2]

  1. The opening between the two headlands alluded to above, which are about ten miles to the north-west of the head of the Bay of Frobisher, I named the "Great Gateway."
  2. The most conspicuous mountain on the coast of Frobisher Bay I named President's Seat, after the chief executive officer of the United States government. President's Seat is in lat. 62° 39′ N. long. 66° 40′ W.