Tn //,.■ Arctic Regit 273 



Sept, 21. — We Bet out at seven this morning in 

 dark foggy weather, and changed our chum- two 

 points to the westward. The party were very feeble, 

 and the men much dispirited ; we made bIow pro 



58, having to march over a hilly and very rugged 

 country. 



Just before noon tin- sun beamed through the haae 

 for the first time for sis days, and we obtained an ob- 

 servation in latitude 65° 7' 06 -V. which was six 

 miles to the southward of that part of Point Lake to 

 which our course was directed. By this observation 

 we discovered that we had kept to the eastward of the 

 proper course, which may be attributed partly to the 

 difficulty of preserving a straight line through an un- 

 known country, unassisted by celestial observations, 

 and in BUch thick weather, that OUT view was often 

 limited to a few hundred yards ; hut chiefly to Our 



total ignorance of the amount of the variation of the 

 com] 



We altered the course immediately to mth- 



west, and tired guns to apprize the hunters who v. 



out "i" "in- view, and ignorant of <>ur having done bo. 

 Alter walking about two miles we put up to collect 

 the stragglers. Two partridg killed, and thi 



with some tripi dU roche, furnished our supper. Not- 

 withstanding a full explanation \\;.s given to the men 



of the reasons for altering thee arse, and they \\>re 



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