. Explorations in the far North [microform] : being a report of an expedition under the auspices of the University of Iowa during the years 1892, '93, and '94. Inuit; Natural history; Inuit; Sciences naturelles. ( FORT RAE 85 covered with new ice an inch in thickness, which cut quite through the planks of the bow before the boat could be stop- ped. We several times ran upon sunken rocks among Les Isles Fortes, fortunately without breaking the scow. We reached Rae on the 29th, having been fourteen days on the return trip. On the ^Qth Mr. Hodgson and I crossed the arm to the "Mountain,"
. Explorations in the far North [microform] : being a report of an expedition under the auspices of the University of Iowa during the years 1892, '93, and '94. Inuit; Natural history; Inuit; Sciences naturelles. ( FORT RAE 85 covered with new ice an inch in thickness, which cut quite through the planks of the bow before the boat could be stop- ped. We several times ran upon sunken rocks among Les Isles Fortes, fortunately without breaking the scow. We reached Rae on the 29th, having been fourteen days on the return trip. On the ^Qth Mr. Hodgson and I crossed the arm to the "Mountain," about seven miles south of the post, to hunt ducks in the numerous ponds in that vicinity. My companion had bagged almost a hundred there in a few hours the preceding week, but nearly all were gone when we arrived. The lake had frozen over on the 25th. It had broken up again the next day, but it was not safe to remain on the west shore when the tem- perature began to fall, as it did on the third day, so we made haste to embark upon our return. Three miles from the post a dense fog enveloped us; there was not a breath of wind to assist us in keeping our course; I undertook to steer my Dog Rib canoe by a pocket compass and, with the sluggish needle and the exceedingly sensitive canoe, it was a difficult piece of navigation. After two hours of wandering we reached the shore, and my canoeing was ended for the season. October at Rae. When the lake had frozen over a large num- ber of nets had been lost as the ice broke up and drifted south- ward. This interrupted the fishing, which was not resumed until the 19th of October, when the ice set fast for the winter. Over twenty thousand fish were hung during the "fall fishery" by the Company and the Roman Catholic mission; principally whitefish and inconnues. The whitefish obtained at Rae are small or medium-sized. The best fisheries on the Great Slave Lake are at Resolution, Big Island at the outlet of the lake, and recently
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