The man was evidently living by himself, and York Minster said he was "very bad man," and that probably he had stolen something.

On the west coast, however, the wigwams are rather better, for they are covered with seal-skins.

We were detained here several days by the bad weather.

The climate is certainly wretched: the summer solstice was now past, yet every day snow fell on the hills, and in the valleys there was rain, accompanied by sleet.

The thermometer generally stood about 45 degrees, but in the night fell to 38 or 40 degrees.