/// the Arctic fii 



wounded, bul This buc© bs infused 



spirit into our starving party. To skin and cat up 

 the animal was the work of a few minutes. The c »n- 

 i rats of its Btomach were devoured n j>< >n the Bpot, and 

 the raw intestines, which were next attacked, ••• 

 pronounced by the - licate amon< be 



excellent. A few willows, wh< 



ping through the snow in the : ley, 



were quickly grubbed, the tents pitched, and supper 

 ( ked, and devoured with avidity. This was the 



th day since we had had a good raeaL The I 

 roch . even where we got enough, only serving to allay 

 the pangs of hunger for a short time. After Bupper, 

 two of the hunters went in pursuit of the herd, but 

 could not get Dear them. 



We were detained all the next day by a Btrong 

 southerly wind, and were much incommoded in the 

 tents by the drift snow. The temperature was i >|,v- '. 

 The average for the last ten days about 24 5°. We 

 1 ourselves to one meal to-day as we were al 

 rest, and there was only meat remaining sufficient for 

 the next day. 



had not diminished on the 1:2th, and, as we 

 were fearful of its continuance for Borne time, we de- 

 termined "i! going forward ; our only doubl n 

 the preservation oi the canoe, but the men promised 

 to pay particular attention to it, and the most careful 



