The difficulty of conveying glass into the interior has precluded its use in the windows where its place is poorly supplied by parchment, imperfectly made by the native women from the skin of the reindeer.

Should this post however continue to be the residence of Governor Williams it will be much improved in a few years, as he is devoting his attention to that point.

The land around Cumberland House is low but the soil, from having a considerable intermixture of limestone, is good and capable of producing abundance of corn and vegetables of every description.

Many kinds of pot-herbs have already been brought to some perfection and the potatoes bid fair to equal those of England.

The spontaneous productions of nature would afford ample nourishment for all the European animals.