22 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



extensive. By the goodness of Providence, 

 however, we were spared at that time, and 

 some of us have been permitted to offer up 

 our thanksgivings, in a civilized land, for the 

 signal deliverances we then and afterwards 

 experienced. 



By this accident I had the misfortune to 

 lose my port-folio, containing my journal 

 from Fort Enterprise, together with all the 

 astronomical and meteorological observa- 

 tions made during the descent of the Cop- 

 per-Mine River, and along the sea-coast 

 (except those for the dip and variation). I 

 was in the habit of carrying it strapped 

 across my shoulders, but had taken it off 

 on entering the canoe, to reduce the upper 

 weight. The results of most of the obser- 

 vations for latitude and longitude had been 

 registered in the sketch books, so that we 

 preserved the requisites for the construc- 

 tion of the chart. The meteorological ob- 

 servations, not having been copied, were 

 lost. My companions, Dr. Richardson, 

 Mr. Back, and Mr. Hood, had been so 

 careful in noting every occurrence in their 



