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63 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 
broken at the White Fall, and I had afterwards 
the satisfaction of finding that it went with ex- 
traordinary regularity. 
The morning of the 7th October was beautifully 
clear, and the observations: we obtained place 
Norway House in latitude 53° 41’ 38" N., and 
longitude 98° 1’ 24" W.; the variation of the 
magnetic needle 14° 12° 41” E., and its dip 
83° 40°10". Though our route ted Vouk Factory 
has rather inclined to the S. W., the dip, it will 
be perceived, has gradually increased. The 
difference produced by reversing the face of the 
instrument was 7° 39’. There was too much 
wind to admit of our observing, with any degree 
of accuracy, the quantity of the magnetic force. 
We left Norway House soon after noon, and ~ 
the wind being favourable, sailed along -the 
northern shore of Lake Winipeg the whole of 
the ensuing night; and on the morning of the 
8th landed on a narrow ridge of sand, which, 
running out twenty miles to the westward, se- 
parates Limestone Bay from the body of the 
Lake. When the wind blows hard from the — 
southward, it is customary to carry boats across 
this isthmus, and to pull up under its lee, From 
Norwegian Point to Limestone Bay the shore 
consists of high clay cliffs, against which the 
