march, 1866.1 Reuchj foY King William^ s Land. 227 



I-vi-tiiJc's coming enabled him to anticipate the day for the move 

 toward Neitchille. Now-yarn had been abandoned by the scattering 

 of the people to hunt and fish ; Ou-e-la, for this object, was already 

 upon the lakes. 



Hall was ready to leave all the people in full good humor. He 

 presented them with venison, and gave to the men letters to the 

 expected whalers, in which he asked that such reasonable requests as 

 might be made for ammunition and provisions should be granted ; 

 the compensation for these he expected would be made to the whalers 

 by his two chief friends in the United States. 



He had now a goodly party ready for the forward move, having 

 only the regret that the women and children must accompany them. 

 It may be questioned, however, whether his efforts to prevent this had 

 been wise ; nor did the sequel show that the women were really an 

 incumbrance. 



The METEOROLOGICAL NOTES kept in the winter quarters 

 are of interest. The changing temperatures experienced during this 

 second winter of seven months will be appreciated by the following 

 quotations from some specific dates within that period : 



The first snow of the season fell September 9 ; an inch only in depth ; it 

 assisted the hunters in tracking deer. Ice formed on the bay and river for the 

 first time on the 12th of the mouth following. The canvas tents becoming un- 

 comfortable, Icom-mon/fs protected the party until they found enough snow on the 

 29th to build their igloos, and were driven into them by the sudden occurrence 

 of severe storms. 



The snow-drift of this date prompted Hall to say : 

 I defy any man to make true observations of the number of inches of snow 

 that falls on an average during the winter in the Arctic Eegions. Drift and 



