176 



THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES 



posed in all weather; no one seems to fear it will be 

 injured. 



"At 7 the usual dead calm was restored. We 

 rowed till we reached Et-then Island at 8, covering two 

 miles more or 32 in all to-day. I was unwilling to 





My Lobstick on a slate island, 

 Great Slave Lake 



stop now, but the boys said they would row all day 

 Sunday if I would camp here, and then added, 'And 

 if the wind rises to-night we'll go on.' 



"At 10 o'clock I was already in bed for the night, 

 though of course it was broad daylight. Preble had 



