The power of doing this was now at an end.

As the accident could not be remedied we turned it to the best account by making a fire of the bark and timbers of the broken vessel and cooked the remainder of our portable soup and arrowroot.

This was a scanty meal after three days' fasting but it served to allay the pangs of hunger and enabled us to proceed at a quicker pace than before.

The depth of the snow caused us to march in Indian file, that is in each other's steps, the voyagers taking it in turn to lead the party.

A distant object was pointed out to this man in the direction we wished to take and Mr.
Hood followed immediately behind him to renew the bearings and keep him from deviating more than could be helped from the mark.