OF THE POLAR SEA. D5 



halo appeared round the sun when it was about 

 S° high. The colours were prismatic, and very 

 bright, the red next the sun. 



On the 21st the ice in the river was measured, 

 and found to be five feet thick, and on the same 

 day in setting the nets in Round Rock Lake, the 

 ice there was ascertained to be six feet and a half 

 thick, the water being six fathoms deep. The 

 stomachs of some fish were at this time opened 

 by Dr. Richardson, and found filled with insects 

 which appear to exist in abundance under the 

 ice during the winter. 



On the 22nd a moose-deer was killed at the 

 distance of forty-five miles, and St. Germain 

 w^ent for it with a dog sledge, and returned with 

 unusual expedition on the morning of the third 

 day. This supply was soon exhausted, and we 

 passed the 27th without eating, and had a prospect 

 of fasting a day or two longer, when old Kes- 

 karrah entered with the unexpected intelligence of 

 his having killed a deer. It w^as divided betwixt 

 our own family and the Indians, and during the 

 night a seasonable supply arrived from Akaitcho. 

 Augustus returned with the men who brought it, 

 much pleased with the attention he had received 

 from the Indians during his visit to Akaitcho. 



Next day Mr. Wentzel set out with every man 

 that we could spare from the fort, for the purpose 



