42 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



eighteen miles a day. I had the pleasure of 

 meeting my friends all in good health, after 

 an absence of nearly five months, during 

 which time I had travelled one thousand 

 one hundred and four miles, on snow-shoes, 

 and had no other covering at night in the 

 woods, than a blanket and deer-skin, with 

 the thermometer frequently at — 40°, and 

 once at — 57; and sometimes passing two 

 or three days without tasting food." 



