JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



banks of the former, in latitude 53° 36' N., 

 longitude 113° 45' W., when it appears to 

 take its course due north." Observations, 

 taken in the spring by Mr. Hood place 

 the north side of the portage in latitude 56° 

 41' 40" N., longitude 109° 52' 15" W. ; vari- 

 ation, 25° 2' 30" E.; dip, 85° ¥ 27". 



At daylight on the 14th we began to 

 descend the range of hills leading towards 

 the river, and no small care was required 

 to prevent the sledges from being broken 

 in going down these almost perpendicular 

 heights, or being precipitated into the glens 

 on each side. As a precautionary measure 

 the dogs were taken off, and the sledges 

 guided by the men, notwithstanding which 

 they descended with amazing rapidity, and 

 the men were thrown into the most ridicu- 

 lous attitudes in endeavouring to stop them. 

 When we had arrived at the bottom I could 

 not but feel astonished at the laborious task 

 which the voyagers have twice in the year 

 to encounter at this place, in conveying 

 their stores backwards and forwards. We 

 went across the Clear Water River, which 



