G8 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



wards, to collect specimens of the rocks in 

 that part of the country. On the same day 

 the two B dangers arrived from Fort Pro- 

 vidence, having been only five days on the 

 march from thence. 



The highest temperature in April was 

 + 40°, the lowest — 32°, the mean -f 4°. 6, 

 The temperature of the rapid, examined on 

 the 30th by Messrs. Back and Hood, was 

 32° at the surface, 33° at the bottom. 



On the 7th of May, Dr. Richardson re- 

 turned. He informed me that the rein- 

 deer were again advancing to the north- 

 ward, but that the leader had been joined 

 by several families of old people, and that 

 the daily consumption of provision at the 

 Indian tents was consequently great. This 

 information excited apprehensions of being 

 very scantily provided when the period of 

 our departure should arrive. 



The weather in the beginning of May 

 was fine and warm. On the 2nd some 

 patches of sandy ground near the house 

 were cleared of snow. On the 7th the sides 

 of the hills began to appear bare, and on 



