In the Arctic Regi . L03 



We ako obtained three fishing nets, a gun, and 

 a pair of pistols, which were all the stores thesti p 

 could furnish, although the gentlemen in charge w< re 

 muoh disposed I us. 



On the 27th of July we embarked a1 four A. M., 

 and proceeded along the south shore of the lake, 

 through a narrow channel, formed by sonic islands, 

 beyond the confluence of the principal branch of the 

 Slav River ; and as far as Stoney Island, where we 

 breakfasted. Thi< island is merely a rock of gnei b, 

 that rises forty or fifty feel above the lake, and is pre- 

 cipitous on the north side. As the day was fine, and 

 the lake smooth, we ventured upon paddling across 

 the Reindeer Islands, which were distant about thir- 

 teen miles in a northern direction, instead of pursuing 

 the usual track by keeping further along the south 

 shore, which inclines to the eastward from this point. 

 These islands are numerous, and consist of erani 

 rising from one hundn 1 to two hundred feel above the 

 water. They are for the most part naked ; but to- 

 wards the centres of the larger on,-, there i- a Li 



■ and ;i few f pin.-s. A: Beven in , 



evening we landed upon one of them, and encamped. 

 On the following morning we ran befoi agbi 



and a heavy swell, for some hours, hnt at length were 

 obliged to seek sh< Iter on a large island adjoining to 

 la I . ozie. 



