292 A JOURNEY TO THE 
1772. ately began to build their canoes, which were | 
“T~ completed with fuch expedition, thatin the after. 
ith. noon of the eighteenth we again fet forward on — 
our journey, but the day being pretty far fpent, 
we only walked about four miles, and put up for — 
the night. 
goth. The morning of the nineteenth was fine plea- | 
fant weather ; and as all the water was drained 
off from the top of the ice, it rendered walking 
on it both fafeand eafy; accordingly we fet out 
pretty early, and that day walked upwards of 
twenty miles to the Eaft North Eaft on the above. 
mentioned river. The next day proved fo cold, 
that after walking about fifteen miles, we were — 
obliged to put up; for having left Doo-baunt | 
River, we were frequently obliged to wade above 
the knees through fwamps of mud, water, — 
and wet fhow; which froze to our ftockings and 
fhoes in fuch a thick cruft, as not only rendered 
walking very laborious, but at the fame time fub- 
jected us to the danger of having our legs an 
feet frozen. 
artt, The weather on the twenty-firft was more fe. 
vere than on the preceding day; but the fwamps | 
and ponds being by that time frozen over, it’ 
was tolerable walking: we proceeded therefore j 
on our journey, but the wind blew fo freth, that 
we bad not walked fixteen miles, before we found 
‘that thofe who carried the canoes could not pof 
fibly keep up with us, fo that we put up for 
the‘night. In the courfe of this day’s journey 
we 
