Dr.Richardson was gaining strength but his leg was much swelled and very painful.

An observation for latitude placed the encampment in 65 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds North, the longitude being 112 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West, deduced from the last observation.
On the morning of the 1st of October the wind was strong and the weather as unfavourable as before for crossing on the raft.

We were rejoiced to see Mr.Back and his party in the afternoon.

They had traced the lake about fifteen miles farther than we did and found it undoubtedly connected, as we had supposed, with the lake we fell in with on the 22nd of September and, dreading as we had done, the idea of coasting its barren shores, they returned to make an attempt at crossing here.

St.
Germain now proposed to make a canoe of the fragments of painted canvas in which we wrapped our bedding.