PREPARATIONS COMPLETE. 



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"All arrangements are now made to start from the vessel early 



to-morrow morning. Breakfast is ordered by Captain B to 



be in readiness at 5 A.M. The Innuits are to strike their tupics, 

 and have them in the boat, and be alongside at that hour. The 

 weather is now good, and to-night gives every indication of a fair 

 day to-morrow. May it prove so. I have taken out of the ship's 

 "run" a can (ninety pounds) of pemmican, and one cask of 'Bor- 

 den's' meat-biscuit (about one hundred pounds), brought with me 

 from home. These I shall carry along in the boat, being the 

 most condensed form of valuable provisions. Not that I expect 

 these will be the only provisions I shall have, for there is reason 

 to suppose we shall acquire much in going up Frobisher Bay in 

 the way of ducks, seals, and reindeer, the latter when we arrive 

 at the head of Frobisher Bay. 



"At a late hour I turn in, to rise early, that we may be off to 

 reap the benefit of a fair tide not only in going down to, but pro- 

 ceeding through Lupton Channel. An ebb tide will favor us 

 much in getting to the channel, and the flood in getting through 

 it." 



