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snow took place ; the canoes became a cause of delay, 
by the difficulty of carrying them in a bigh wind, and 
they sustained much damage from the falls of those 
who had charge of them. The face of the country 
was broken by hills of moderate elevation, but the 
ground was plentifully strewed with small stones, 
which, to men bearing heavy burdens, and whose feet 
were protected only by soft moose skin shoes, occasion- 
ed great pain. At the end of eleven miles we encamp- 
ed, and sent for a musk-ox and a deer, which St. Ger- 
main and Augustus had killed. The day was extreme- 
ly cold, the thermometer varying between 34° and 36°, 
In the afternoon a heavy fall of snow took place, on 
the wind changing from north-west to south-west. 
We found no wood at the encampment, but made a 
fire of moss to cook the supper, and crept under our 
blankets for warmth. At sun rise the thermometer 
was at 31°, and the wind fresh from north-west ; but 
the weather became mild in the course of the forenoon, 
and the snow disappeared from the gravel. The after- 
noon was remarkably fine, and the thermometer rose 
to 50°. One of the hunters killed a musk-ox. The 
hills in this part are lower and more round-backed 
than those we passed yesterday, and exhibited but lit- 
tle naked rock ; they were covered with lichens. 
Having ascertained from the summit of the highest 
hill near the tents, that the river continued to preserve 
