46 
1770. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
twelfth did not move. This gave us an oppor- | 
—— tunity of endeavouring to afcertain the latitude — 
Augutt. 
by a meredian altitude, when we found the place — 
to be in 63° 10' North nearly. It proving rather _ 
cloudy about noon, though exceeding fine wea- — 
ther, [Jet the quadrant ftand, in order to obtain | 
the latitude more exactly by two altitudes; but, 
to my great mortification, while I was eating my 
dinner, a fudden guft of wind blew it down; 
and as the ground where it ftood was very ftoney, 
the bubble, the fight-vane, and vernier, were en- | 
tirely broke to pieces, which rendered the inftru- 
ment ufelefs. In confequence of this misfortune 
I refolved to return again to the Fort, though we 
were then in the latitude of 63° 10’ North, and © 
about 10° 40’ Weft longitude from Churchill 
River. 
CHAP. 
