OF THE POLAR SEA. $57 
some sand hills, and encamped amidst a few 
small pines, having walked thirteen miles. 
The comfort of a good fire made us soon in- 
sensible to the fatigue we had experienced 
through the day, in marching over the rugged 
stones, whose surface was rendered slippery by. 
the frost. ‘The thermometer at seven P.M. stood 
at 27°. . : 
We set off at sunrise next morning, and our 
provision being expended pushed on as fast as 
we could to Fort Enterprise, where we arrived at 
eight P.M., almost exhausted by a harassing 
day’s march of twenty-two miles. A substantial 
supper of rein-deer steaks soon restored our vi- 
gour. We had the happiness’ of meeting our 
friends Mr. Back and Mr. Hood, who had re- 
turned from their excursion on the day succeeding 
that on which we set out; and | received from 
them the following account of their journey. 
They proceeded up the Winter River to the 
north end of the Little Marten Lake, and then 
the guide, being unacquainted with the route by 
water to the Copper-Mine River, proposed that 
the canoe should be left. Upon this they as- 
cended the loftiest hill in the neighbourhood, to 
examine whether they could discover any large 
lakes, or water communication in the direction 
which the guide pointed the river to be. They 
