In tin Arctic h 123 



the fcrai ' this porl i red v. ith ice 



thick, the remains of a large iceb 

 which is annually formed there, by the snow drifting 

 into the valley, and becoming consolidated into ice by 

 llif overflowing of some springs that are warm enough 



isl the winter's cold. 

 We were alarmed in the night by cur fire commu- 

 nicating to the dry moss, which spreading by the \ 

 of u Btrong wind, encircled the encampment and 

 threatened destructi nr canoes and ' 



The watch immediately I all the men, who 



quickly removed whatever could be injured to a dis- 

 tant part, and afterward ring 

 the flame. 



'. 8. — Daring this day we crossed five 

 passing over a very bad road. The men were quite 

 exhausted with fatigue by ii. . . when we w< 



obliged to encamp on the borders of the fifth lake, in 

 which i: m this eve- 



Ding t<> issue some portable soup and arrow-r 

 which our companions relished very much ; but tins 

 i is too unsubstantial to support their vigor under 

 their daily exhausting labor, and we could not fur- 

 n i - 1 1 them witli a sufficient quantity even of this to 

 satisfy their i our labors 



the nexl day in a very wet, uncomfortable state, as it 

 had rained through the night until 4 A.M. The t 



