$ APPENDIX, NO. I. 



a little way in on the bank of a brook, where we deposited 

 a cask with bread, pork, cocoa and sugar for two days* con- 

 sumption. In all this day's route the river was entirely 

 frozen over : we passed several islands ; saw a fox and killed 

 a partridge ; estimated distance ten miles ; rested tolerably 

 during the night. 



20th. Wind W. N.W. and cold. Renewed our journey 

 with the first appearance of day ; broke two of the sledges 

 by passing over a mile of sharp ice. At noon the sun 

 shone forth ; the weather warm, and a fine clear sky. 

 4 P.M. halted on an island situate two miles above Badger 

 Bay Brook, which falls into the Exploits, on the north side, 

 and saw tlie remains of a wigwam ; from this brook upr 

 wards, as also on the opposite side of the river, are fences 

 for several miles, ajid one likewise extended, in a westerly 

 direction, through the island on which we halted, and is. 

 calculated to be twelve miles from the last sleeping place, 

 and twenty-seven miles from the Indian dock. Hodge's 

 Hills bearing- from this E.S.E. 



21st. Wind westerly, with bleak weather. i\t dawn 

 proceeded on ; at noon several difficulties presented them- 

 selves in crossing a tract of shelvy ice, intersected with deep, 

 w^ide rents, occasioned by a waterfall ; the sledges were 

 however got over them, as also some steeps on the north 

 bank. Having ascended the waterfall, found the river open, 

 and faced with ice sufficient on the edge of its banks to 

 admit the sledges. At 3 h. 30' put up for the night, and 

 fenced in the fire-place ; this day's distance is estimated at 

 eleven miles, allowing seven from the island on Vi'hich we 

 slept to the overfall, and from thence four more to this. 

 From the waterfall upwards, on either side of the river 

 where the natural bank would have been inefficient, fences 

 were thrown up, to prevent the deer from landing, after 

 taking to the water by gaps left open for the purpose. 

 Repacked the sledges, two of them being unfit to go on 



