below to 16 deg.

above zero.

The Aurora Borealis was twice visible, but faint on both occasions.

Its appearance did not affect the electrometer, nor could we perceive the compass to be disturbed.
The men brought supplies of moose meat from the hunter's tent, which is pitched near the Basquiau Hill, forty or fifty miles from the house, and whence the greatest part of the meat is procured.

The residents have to send nearly the same distance for their fish, and on this service horse-sledges are used.