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its banks high and rocky, and the valleys 

 on its borders interspersed with clusters of 

 spruce-trees. The latter circumstance was 

 a source of much gratification to us. The 

 temperature of its surface water was 41°, 

 that of the air being 43°. Having gained 

 all the information we could collect from 

 our guide and from personal observation, 

 we retraced our steps to the encampment, 

 and on the way back Hepburn and Kes- 

 karrah shot several waveys (anas hyperbo- 

 rea), which afforded us a seasonable supply, 

 our stock of provision being nearly ex- 

 hausted. These birds were feeding in 

 large flocks on the crow-berries, which 

 grew plentifully on the sides of the hills. 

 We reached the encampment after dark, 

 found a comfortable hut prepared for our 

 reception, made an excellent supper, and 

 slept soundly though it snowed hard the 

 whole night. 



The hills in this neighbourhood are 

 higher than those about Fort Enterprise ; 

 they stand, however, in the same detached 

 manner, without forming connected ranges, 



