/// the . In tic R 



hen a change In the wind and a th 

 ening thunder Bquall induced u> to encamp ; but the 

 water was bo shallow, that we found some difficulty 

 in approaching the shore. Lai - of drift 



gave us assurance that we had iinalK I from 



the bays. Our tents were scarcely pitched before we 

 tiled by a heavy squall and rain, which was 

 i by a violent gale i 

 which thrice overset the tents in the course of the 

 The wind blew with equalviolence on the fol- 

 lowing day, and the sea rolled furiously upon the 

 beach. Tin- Canadians had now an opportunj 

 witnessing the effect of a storm upon tl ; and 



the sight increased their desire of quitting it. 



Our hunters w< re sent out, and Baw many deer, but 

 the flatness of tie.- country defeated their attemj 

 approach them ; they brought, however, a f w un- 

 ; As there was no appearance of in< 



ing our Btock 01 provision, the allowance was limited 

 to a handful of pemmican, and a small portion of por- 

 i soup to each man per day. The thermometer 

 this aftern 1 at 41°, '\"n<- following oba 



• obtained : latitude 68* L8 •'■ I N.. longi- 

 tude L10 .v i;, W. ; hut L09 

 in the q of the chart, as the chronometers 



were found, on our return River, to have 



altered their i i iation -1 .., and dip 



of the needle 89° 31' L2". 



