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some of which are of very considerable extent. The soil is equally as poor, marshy, and uncultivable as the other divisions of this Country or neighbourhood. There are no mountains of any magnitude in this part of the Country, which from all accounts appears to be pretty extensive. Those few that I have heard of are principally formed of crumbly ridges of rock, very destitute of wood. The only large Animals inhabiting this part of the world are the Musk Buffaloe and Rein Deer. The former derives the names no doubt from the smell and taste of Musk attached to this flesh, which, during the rutting season, renders the flesh of the male most disagreeable and unpalatable. These Animals never leave the rocky ridges of mountains. The Rein Deer

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