. 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. ftS l\D[.\N ACCOUNT OF <. SO thai I was not sorry when the morning of the 2r»th of August a! forded light enough for escaping from their harsh and grating notes As we proceeded, the land on each side swelled insensibly different characL":r, attaining an elevation of one hundred and se- venty or one hundred and ninety feet, with rounded summits, par- tially covered
. 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. ftS l\D[.\N ACCOUNT OF <. SO thai I was not sorry when the morning of the 2r»th of August a! forded light enough for escaping from their harsh and grating notes As we proceeded, the land on each side swelled insensibly different characL":r, attaining an elevation of one hundred and se- venty or one hundred and ninety feet, with rounded summits, par- tially covered with rich lichens, and strewed with huge boulders, closely resembling those round Point Lake. The valleys afforded a luxurious pasturage, and were tenanted by a few scattered deer. A weal: current was found to oppose us; and having passed through a narrow, which produced a ripple having something of tlit character of a rapid, we managed to get embayed. Maufelly \va^ fairly lost; and after trying ineffectually half a dozen openings, I re- turned to the current, which became impercej)tibie as the land fell off; but, taking the general direction of the last river and this streaii as a guide, 1 directed the course to a distant northerly hill, whicli, luckily enough, happened to be the western point of another narrow, well known to the Yellow Knives as a favourite deer-pass, and which was, in fact, the only passage for the water. A " band" o; deer was swimming across at the moment. The face of the countn was extremely barren and forbidding. When afterwards we en- camped, not a shrub could be found; and the moss being wet, it n quired some ingenuity to make a lire : ultimately, however, it wa> efl'ected, by building two parallel walls, within which the moss \va- placed, and fanned into llame by the draft rushing ',?tween. Tiii- simple notion was the means of saving us much trouble afterwar(l end of a very long but narrow lake, the southern termination i which was abou
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