In the evening we descended from the elevated ground, crossed three swampy meadows, and encamped at their northern extremity within a cluster of large pine-trees, the branches of which were elegantly decorated with abundance of a greenish yellow lichen.

Our march was ten miles.

The weather was very mild, almost too warm for the exercise we were taking.
We had a strong gale from the North-West during the night which subsided as the morning opened.

One of the sledges had been so much broken the day before in the woods that we had to divide its cargo among the others.

We started after this had been arranged and, finding almost immediately a firm track, soon arrived at some Indian lodges to which it led.