In the afternoon we had to resume the encumbrance of the snowshoes and to pass over a rugged part where the ice had been piled over a collection of stones.

The tracks of animals were very abundant on the river, particularly near the remains of an old establishment called the Lower Nippeween.
(*Footnote.

This was afterwards done by Dr.Richardson during a voyage to Carlton in the spring.) So much snow had fallen on the night of the 24th that the track we intended to follow was completely covered and our march today was very fatiguing.

We passed the remains of two red-deer lying at the bases of perpendicular cliffs from the summits of which they had probably been forced by the wolves.

These voracious animals, who are inferior in speed to the moose or red-deer, are said frequently to have recourse to this expedient in places where extensive plains are bounded by precipitous cliffs.