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eight P.M., when a change i in the wind and a threat- 
ening irandey squall induced us to encamp ; but the 
water was so shallow, that we found some difficulty 
in approaching the shore. Large pieces of drift wood 
gave us assurance that we had finally escaped from 
the bays. Our tents were scarcely pitched before we 
were assailed by a heavy squall and rain, which was 
succeeded by a violent gale from west-north-west ; 
which thrice overset the tents in the course of the 
night. The wind blew with equal violence on the fol- 
lowing day, and the sea rolled furiously upon the 
beach, The Canadians had now an opportunity of 
witnessing the effect of a storm upon the sea ; and 
the sight increased their desire of quitting it. 
Our hunters were sent out, and saw many deer, but 
the flatness of the country defeated their attempts to 
approach them; they brought, however, a few un- 
fledged geese. As there was no appearance of increas- 
ing our stock of provision, the allowance was limited 
to a handful of pemmican, and a small portion of por- 
table soup to each man per day. The thermometer 
this afternoon stood at 41°. The following observa- 
tions were obtained : latitude 68° 18’ 50” N., longi- 
tude 110’ 5’ 15” W. ; but 109° 25’ 00” W. was used 
in the construction of the chart, as the chronometers 
were found, on our return to Hood’s River, to have 
altered their rates ; variation 44° 15’ 46” E., and dip 
of the needle 89° 31’ 12”. 
