In th Arctic Regions. I 57 



We Bel off next morning al a very early hour. The 

 men took the course of Point Lake, that they mi 

 th. it bIi dgeSj bul the I the Qea 



route by Land to Dr. Richardson's tent, which we 

 reached al eleven A. M. It was Bituated on the v. 

 era side of an arm of the lake, and near to the part 

 through which the Copper-Mine River runs. ( >ur men 

 arrived soon after us, and in the evening Mr. Wentzel 

 and his party, with tin- canoes in excellenl condition, 

 much jaded by their fatiguing journey, and 

 Beveral were lame from Bwellings of th..- lower extrem- 



\. The ice on tip- Lake waa ^-lill six or seven feet 

 thick, and there was no appearance of its decay except 

 near the ; and as it was evident that, by remain- 

 ing here until it Bhould be removed, we might Lose 

 every prospeel "I' bu< B8 in our undertaking, I deter- 

 mined mi dragging our Btores along its surface, until 

 we should come to a part of the river where we could 

 embark ; and directions were given this evening for 

 each man to prepare a train fur the' conveyance of his 



ion cf the Btores. I may remark here, as a j ■: 



of (] of radiation from the earth in 



melting the ice, thai the Largest holes in the i 

 always formed at the base of the high and steep el ills, 

 which abound on the borders of this lake. 



We found Akaitcho and the hunti rs encamped here, 

 but their i'amili' s, and the rest of the tribe, had gone 



