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JOURNAL OF AVOYAGEFROM OKKAK, ON THE COAST OFADBRORLA,
TO UNGAVA BAY, WESTWARD OF CAPE CHUDLEIGH;
UNDERTAKEN
To explore the Coast, and visit theE QSIUAMXU in that unknown Region.
BY
BENJAMIN KOHLMEISTER, AND GEORGE KMOCH,
MISSIONARIES OF THE CHURCH OF THE
UNITAS FRATRUM orUNITED BRETHREN
London:
Printed by W. M’Dowall, Pemberton Row, Gough Square, Fleet Street,
FOR THE BRETHREN’S SOCIETY FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE HEATHEN.
AND SOLD BY J. LE FEBVRE, 2, CHAPEL-PLACE, NEVILS-COURT FETTER-, LANE; L. B. SEELEY, 169, FLEET-STREET; HAZARD AND BINNS, BATH; AND T. BULGIN, AND T. LAMBE, BRISTOL.
1814.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE, &c. &c.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION3 CHAPTER I.6 Outfit. Opinions of the Esquimaux respecting the Voyage. Description of the Company. Departure from Okkak. Arrival at Nungorome. CHAPTER II.10 Departure from Nungorome Cove. Account of Solomon. Drift-ice. Cape Mugford. Waterfalls from Mountains. Fruitless attempt tothe Kaumayok get out of the Ikkerasak, or Straits. CHAPTER III.14 Quit the Ikkerasak. Account of the Kaumayok Mountains, and of Kangertluksoak. Public Worship on Sunday. Saeglek and Inhabitants its described. The Missionaries visit the Es uimaux
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