130 Thirty Years 
P. M. and crossed two lakes and two portages. The 
last of these was two thousand and sixty-six paces 
long, and very rugged, so that the men were much 
fatigued. On the next day we received the flesh of 
four reindeer by the small canoe which had been sent 
for it yesterday, and heard that the hunters had kill- 
ad several more deer on our route. We saw many of 
those animals as we passed along to-day ; and our 
sompanions, delighted with the prospect of having 
food in abundance, now began to accompany their pad- 
ling with singing, which they had discontinued ever 
since our provisions became scarce. 
Aug. 19.—After crossing a portage of five hundred 
and ninety-five paces, a small lake and another portage 
of two thousand paces, which occupied the crews seven 
hours, we embarked on a small stream, running to- 
wards the north-west, which carried us to the lake, 
where Akaitcho proposed that we should pass the win- 
ter. The officers ascended several of the loftiest hills 
in the course of the day, prompted by a natural 
anxiety to examine the spot which was to be their 
residence for many months. The prospect, however, 
was not then the most agreeable, as the borders of 
the lake seemed to be scantily furnished with wood, 
and that ofa kind too small for the purposes of 
yuilding. 
We perceived the smoke of a distant fire which the 
