260 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 
CHAPTER VI. 
Mr. Hood's Journey to the Basquiau Hill—Sojourns with an Indian 
arty—His Journey to Chipewyan. 
March. BEING desirous of obtaining a drawing of 
a moose-deer, and also of making some observa- 
tions on the height of the Aurora, I set out on the 
23rd, to pass a few days at the Basquiau Hill. 
Two men accompanied me, with dogs and sledges, 
who were going to the hill for meat. We found the 
Saskatchawan open, and were obliged to follow 
it several miles to the eastward. We did not, 
then, cross it without wading in water, which 
had overflowed the ice; and our snow 
were encumbered with a heavy weight for the 
remainder of the day. On the south bank of the 
Saskatchawan were some poplars ten or twelve 
feet in circumference at the root. Beyond 
river, we traversed an extensive swamp, bo 
by woods. In the evening we crossed the Swat 
Lake, about six miles in breadth, and eight i 
length, and halted on its south side for the night 
twenty-four miles S.S.W. of Cumberland House. 
