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received but little accessions of any importance. Cypripedium 

 arietinwn was found on the portage of the Grand Rapids, at 

 the entrance of Lake Winnipeg ; ^ Weissia calcarea and Tor- 

 tula humilis on the limestone rocks of the same lake; >S?jfeA-- 

 num ampullaceum was growing 'between Norway House and 

 the Bay, while Spladinum vasculomm arid intermedium, 

 Weissia turbinata^ Cinclidium stygium^ &c. abounded near the 

 Factory. Several phsenogamous plants, not previously re- 

 marked, were met with, such as Saxifraga Hircidus^ Carda- 

 mine pratensis^ a species of Tanacetum^ and two or three 

 UmheUifer(B^ one of them viviparous, with some Syngenesious 



plants, and Aralia hispida^ &c. &c. 



On the 1st of September, we encountered a dreadful storm 

 in Hudson's Bay, From which w^e escaped as if by miracle. 

 We had gone to visit the ship, which lay at five or six miles 

 distance from the Fort j the party consisting of Captain Back, 

 Lieutenant Kendall, Mr. D. Douglas, the Doctor belonging 

 to the establishment, and myself, with eight men. On leav- 

 ing the vessel to return to the Fort in the evening, the wind 

 blew rather Freshly, but little danger was apprehended; it 

 suddenly, however, increased to a hurricane, and "we were 

 compelled to return if possible to the ship, but after sever^il 

 Tain attempts, we found this to be impracticable. 

 therefore, threw out an anchor until a boat should be sent io 

 our assistance from the ship. This was immediately done, 

 the boat being furnished with a tow line, and just as it had 

 neared to within twenty or thirty yards of us, our anchor 



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gave 



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and waves. Our masts were almost immediately carried 

 overboard, and after a dreadfully severe, but ineffectual 

 attempt to approach the Vessel by dint of rowing, we were 

 compelled to give over, and to submit to being carried out to 

 ^ea. By this time the water had become very rough, ana 

 our little bark was tossed about like an egg-shell, which 

 caused all the men to get sick, and utterly incai)acitated them 

 from making the smallest effort to save themselves and ns. 

 We continued baling out the water with our hats, as much 

 as we could. Lieutenant Kendall exerted himself to the 



