As I had to make up despatches for England to be sent by Mr.Wentzel the nets were set in the interim and we were rejoiced to find that they produced sufficient fish for the party.

Those caught were the Copper-Mine River salmon, white-fish, and two species of pleuronectes.

We felt a considerable change of temperature on reaching the sea-coast, produced by the winds changing from the southward to the North-West.

Our Canadian voyagers complained much of the cold but they were amused with their first view of the sea and particularly with the sight of the seals that were swimming about near the entrance of the river, but these sensations gave place to despondency before the evening had elapsed.

They were terrified at the idea of a voyage through an icy sea in bark canoes.