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halts in the course of the march. Thermometer at six 
P.M, 32°. ; 
Showers of snow fell without intermission through 
the night, but they ceased in the morning, and we set 
out at the usual hour, The mem were very faint from 
hunger, and marched with. difficulty, having to oppose 
a fresh breeze, and to wade through the snow two feet 
deep. We gained, however, ten miles by four o’clock, 
and then encamped. The canoe was unfortunately 
broken by the fall of the person who had it in charge. 
No tripe de roche was seen to-day, but in clearing the 
snow to pitch the tents we found a quantity of Ice- 
land moss, which was boiled for supper. This weed, 
not having been soaked, proved so bitter, that few of 
the party could eat more than a few spoonfuls of it. 
Our blankets did not suffice this evening to keep us 
in tolerable warmth ; the slightest breeze seeming to 
pierce through our debilitated frames. The reader 
will, probably, be desirous to know how we passed our 
time in such a comfortless situation: the first opera- 
tion after encampiug was to thaw our frozen shoes, if, 
a sufficient fire could be made, and dry ones were put 
on ; each person then wrote his notes of the daily oc- 
-currences, and evening prayers were read ; as soon as 
supper was.prepared it was eaten, generally in the 
dark, and we went to bed, and kept upa cheerful con- 
versation until our blankets were thawed by the heat 
