He had resided some years on Mackenzie's River, and had been once so far towards its mouth as to meet the Esquimaux in great numbers.
But they assumed such a hostile attitude, that he deemed it unadvisable to attempt opening any communication with them, and retreated as speedily as he could.
The observations we obtained here shewed that the chronometers had varied their rates a little in consequence of the jolting of the carioles, but their errors and rates were ascertained previous to our departure.

We observed the position of this fort to be latitude 55 deg.

25' 35" N., longitude 107 deg.

51' 00" W., by lunars reduced back from Fort Chipewyan, variation 22 deg.

15' 48" W.,{35} dip 84 deg.