. Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. 70 THK SAND-HILL U { i ,'':if';. iaint chance that existed ol my being able to prosecute the journey by open water during the early part of summer. The intimation, however, was not without its use; it prepared me to expect other obstacles, and occasioned the methodising of various plans, b\ which the execution oi' that part of the service was at last success- fully completed. Ha
. Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. 70 THK SAND-HILL U { i ,'':if';. iaint chance that existed ol my being able to prosecute the journey by open water during the early part of summer. The intimation, however, was not without its use; it prepared me to expect other obstacles, and occasioned the methodising of various plans, b\ which the execution oi' that part of the service was at last success- fully completed. Having pa(UI!t;d along the edge of the stream of ice, we made for a remarkable moLnlainous bluff to the north-east, between which and some other high land was a passage leading north. Bin the sun had set; and, alter a hard day's work, my weary crew were happy to encamp, notwithstanding the vigorous and uninter- mitting assaults of oui' faithful tormentors, the sand-Hies and mosquitos. Certainly they were pests, and sharply did they convej, to us the moral lesson of man's helplessness; since, with all oiii boasted strength and skill, we were unable to repel these feeble atoms of the creation. August 2(Jth,—The temperature had fallen to 31°, and coated the lake, for a lew hundred yards from the shore, with a thin sheei of ice ; while the calm surface of the open water was literally black with dead ilies. Slight as the impediment was, it required the utmost caution on the part of the bowman to open a lane, by breaking the ice on each side, so as to allow the canoe to pass w ith out touching; for the bark being rendered brittle by the overnight'^ frost, the least concussion would have produced Sc ious con- sequences—to prevent which, pieces of leather, etc., were placed over the sides as fenders. The mountainous appearance of the country to the northward by no means answered to the character of the part of which we were in search, and greatly diminished tlit hopes that
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