96 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



of bringing meat from the Indians as fast as it 

 could be procured. Dr. Richardson foUowed 

 them two days afterwards to collect specimens of 

 the rocks in that part of the country. On the 

 same day the two Belangers arrived from Fort 

 Providence, having been only five days on the 

 march from thence. 



The highest 



temperature in April was 



tlie lowest - 32^ the mean + 4^6. The tern- 

 perature of the rapid, examined on the 30th by 

 Messrs. Back and Hood, was 32° at the surface, 

 33° at the bottom. 



On the 7th of May, Dr. Richardson returned 

 from his excursion. He informed me that the 

 rem-deer were again advancing to the northward, 

 but that the leader had been joined by several 

 families of old people, and that the daily con- 

 sumption of provision at the Indian tents was con- 

 sequently great. This information excited some 

 painful apprehensions of being very scantily pro- 

 vided when the period for our departure should 

 arrive. 



The weather in the beginning of May was fine 

 and warm. On the 2nd some patches of sandy 

 ground near the house were cleared of snow. On 

 the 7th the sides of the hiUs began to appear 

 bare, and on the 8th a large house-fly was seen. 

 1 his interesting event spread cheerfulness through 



