which have been the admiration of every one 

 who has seen them. Each of the party sedu- 

 lously and separately recorded their observations 

 on the aurora; and Dr. Richardson contrived to 

 obtain from under the snow, specimens of most of 

 the lichens in the neighbourhood, and to make 

 himself acquainted with the mineralogy of the 

 surrounding country. 



The Sabbath was always a day of rest with 

 us ; the woodmen were required to provide for the 

 exigences of that day on Saturday, and the party 

 were pressed m their best attire. Divine service 

 was regularly performed, and the Canadians 

 attended, and behaved with great decorum, al- 

 though they were all Roman Catholics, and but 

 little acquainted witli the language in which the 

 prayers were read. I regretted much that we 

 had not a French Prayer-Book, but the Lord's 

 Prayer and Creed were always read to them in 

 their own language. 



Our diet consisted ahnost entirely of rein-deer 

 meat, varied twice a week by fish, and occa- 

 sionally by a little flour, but we had no vegetables 

 of any description. On the Sunday mornings we 

 drank a cup of chocolate, but our greatest luxury 

 was tea (without sugar), of which we regularly 

 partook twice a-day. With rein-deer's fat, and 

 stnps of cotton shirts, we formed candles; and 



