/// the Arctic Reaions, 



absolutely nea i be carried, were then put ap in 



i" be l< it ( it each here, in « » r < 1 < ■ r that the men's 

 burdens mighl be as lighl as possible. 



next morning was warm, and very fine. Every 

 one was mi tin- alert at au early hour, being anxious 

 to commence the journey. Our In ted of 



ammunition, nets, hatchets, ice chi tronomical 



instruments, clothing, blankets, three kettles, and the 

 inoes, which were each carried by one man. The 

 officers caiiieil such a portion of their own thin 

 their strength would permit ; the weighl carried by 

 cadi man was about ninety pounds, and with this we 

 advanced at the rate of about a mile an hour, including 

 In the evening the hunters killed a lean cow, 

 out ofalarge drove of musk-oxen ; but the nun were 



tOO much laden to carry more than a small portion of 

 its flesh. The alluvial soil, which towards the mouth 

 of the liver Bpreads into plains, covered with grass 

 andwillows, was now giving place to a more barren 



and hilly country; so that we could but just collect 



sufficient brush wood to cook our Buppers. The part 



of the river we skirted to-day was shallow, and flowed 

 over a bed of Band Ith aboul one hundred and 



twenty yards, About midnight our tent was blown 

 down by a squall, and we mpletely drenched 



with rain before it could he te-j. itched. 



In the morning of the 1st of September ft full of 



