Nets are daily set in Pine Island Lake which occasionally procure some fine sturgeon, tittameg, and trout, but not more than sufficient to supply the officers' table.
_December 1_ .-- This day was so remarkably fine, that we procured another set of observations for the dip of the needle in the open air; the instrument being placed firmly on a rock, the results gave 83 deg.

14' 22".{12} The change produced by reversing the face of the instrument, was 12 deg.

50' 55".
There had been a determined thaw during the last three days.

The ice on the Saskatchawan River and some parts of the lake, broke up, and the travelling across either became dangerous.

On this account the absence of Wilks, one of our men, caused no small anxiety.