In the Arctic Regions. 367 
The night was cold with a hard frost, and though 
two persons slept together, yet we could not by any 
means keep ourselves warm, but remained trembling 
the whole time. The following morning we crossed 
several lakes, occasionally seeing the recent tracks of 
deer, and at noon we fell upon Marten Lake ; and it 
happened to be the exact spot where we had been the 
last year with the canoes, and though I immediately 
recognized the place, the men would not believe it to 
be the same ; at length, by pointing out several marks, 
and elation circumstances connected with them, they 
recovered their memory, and a simultaneous expres- 
sion of “‘ Mon Dieu, nous sommes sauvés,” broke out 
from the whole. Contrary to our expectations, the 
lake was frozen sufficiently to bear us, so that we were 
~ excused from making the tours of the different bays. 
This circumstance seemed to add fresh vigor to us, 
we walked as fast. as the extreme smoothness of the 
ice would permit, intending to reach the Slave Rock 
that night ; but an unforéseen and almost fatal acci- 
dent sieopented the prosecution of our plan : Belanger 
(who seemed the victim of misfortune) again broke 
through the ice, in a deep part near lhe head of the 
rapid, but was timely saved, by fastening our worsted 
belts together, and‘ pulling him out. By urging him 
forwards as quick as-his icy garments would admit of, 
to prevent his freezing, we reached a few pines, and 
