We travelled twelve miles to-day.

The wolves serenaded us through the night with a chorus of their agreeable howling, but none of them ventured near the encampment.

But Mr.Back's repose was disturbed by a more serious evil: his buffalo robe caught fire, and the shoes on his feet, being contracted by the heat, gave him such pain, that he jumped up in the cold, and ran into the snow as the only means of obtaining relief.
On the 28th we had a strong and piercing wind from N.W.in our faces, and much snow-drift; we were compelled to walk as quick as we could, and to keep constantly rubbing the exposed parts of the skin, to prevent their being frozen, but some of the party suffered in spite of every precaution.

We descried three red-deer on the banks of the river, and were about to send the best marksmen after them, when they espied the party, and ran away.

A supply of meat would have been very seasonable, as the men's provision had become scanty, and the dogs were without food, except a little burnt leather.