LABRADOR JOURNAL 225 



liiiii, he shuttled iiilu his liule, wliieh was under a 

 large roek not far distant, and escaped. 



Thursday, April D, 1778. I sent the boys in 

 quest of the porcupine which I saw on Thursday, 

 which thev not onlv found and killed, l)ut they 

 dressed and eat it too, without saying a word to 

 me; who lay all the time m my deer-skin bag in 

 the tent, where I continued from the night of last 

 Tuesday, until after it was dark this evemng; 

 nearly perishing with cold the whole time. 



Friday, April 10, 1778. At eight this morning 

 we set out homewards. It then froze so severely, 

 that I was obliged to walk above a mile without 

 my rackets, to prevent my toes from l)urning; 

 but b}' the time we got half way home, the weather 

 ,was grown very hot, and it was most intolerably 

 so, after we got into the harbour, insonmch, that 

 we were obliged to lay down on the snow to cool 

 ourselves. 



The boys brought a sled load of baggage, and 

 we tailed three traps for foxes by the way. I 

 judge, the distance from my house, to be about 

 tw('l\e miles. 



A clear day. Thcr. 5" 1° below - 2*^ 56° - 

 8*^ 19\ 



Tuesday, May 5, 1778. After l)i'('akfast T went 

 upon the hill and watched till clcNcn o'clock, but 

 no deer a])pearing, made me conjecture, that the 

 fresh water on the 1o)) of ihc ice, now being frozen, 

 it was too slippci-y for lliciii to walk upon, as 

 thev would casilv become a pi'c\' to (lie wolves; 

 besides, the snow is now so liai'd in the woods, 



