/// the Arctic Regions. 



1 fire : and our plentiful cheer gave Buch p 



: the cold, thai we could scarcely believe other- 

 wise than that the season had become milder. 



Od the 13th, the weather was stormy, with constant 

 snow. The Indians became desponding al the non- 

 arrival of the Bupply, and would neither go to hunt 

 nor fish. They frequently expressed their fears of 

 Borne misfortune having befall a Boudel-kellj ami, in 

 the evening, went off suddenly, without apprizing us 

 nt' their intention; having first given to each of i 

 handful of pounded meat, which they had reserved. 

 Their departure, at first, gave rise to a suspicion of 

 their having deserted us, not meaning to return, espe- 

 cially as the explanations of Adam, who appeared to 

 be in their secret, were very unsatisfactory. At Length, 

 by interrogations, we got from him the informati 

 that they designed to march night and day, until they 

 Bhould reach Akaitcho's encampment, whence they 

 would Bend us aid. As we had combated their fears 

 about Boudel-kell, they, perhaps, apprehended that 

 we Bhould oppose their determination, and then ; 

 concealed it. We were now 1 fl asecond time with- 

 out food, ami with appetites recovered, and stroc 

 excited by recenl indulgeo 



On the following day the Doctor and Eepburi 

 sumed their former occupation of collecting wood, and 

 I was able t i assist a little in bringing it into the 



