/// the A rlli- Regions. 



I, which we boiled for supper, with 

 the moiety of the remainder of <>ur deer's meat. The 

 men commenced catting the willows for the con- 

 struction of the raft. As an excitement to exerti 

 I promised a reward of three hundred Livres to the 

 tirst person who should convey a line across the river, 

 by which the raft could be managed in transporting 

 tic party. 



September 29. — Strong - I winds with fog 



in the morning, more moderate in the evening. Tem- 

 perature of the rapid 38°. The men began .-it an early 

 hour to hind the willows in fag its foi ' ttruction 



of the raft, and it was finished by srven ; but as the 



willows were green, it proved to 1"' very little buoyant, 

 and was unable to Bupport more than one man at a 

 time. Even on this, however, we hoped the whole 

 party might be transported, by hauling it from one 

 side to the other, provided a line could bi i to 



the other bank. Several attempts were mad'- by B - 

 1 inger and Benoit, the Btrongesl men of the party, to 

 convey the raft across the Btream, bul they tailed for 

 want of oars. A polo constructed by tying the tent 

 poles together, was It to reach the bottom at 



a short distance from the shore ; and a paddle width 



had been carried from th< j l'r. Richardson, 



did not sufficient power to move the raft in 



opposition to a Btrong breeze, which blew from the 



