A few dwarf birches afforded us but a scanty fire yet, being sheltered from the wind by a sandy bank, we passed the night comfortably though the temperature was 30 degrees.

A number of geese passed over us to the southward.

We set off early next morning and marched at a tolerably quick pace.

The atmosphere was quite foggy and our view was limited to a short distance.

At noon the sun shone forth for a few minutes and the latitude 64 degrees 57 minutes 7 seconds was observed.
The small streams that we had hitherto crossed run uniformly to the southward.
At the end of sixteen miles and a half we encamped amongst a few dwarf pines and were much rejoiced at having a good fire as the night was very stormy and cold.