After this period, our detention, though short, cost us more vexation than the whole time we had passed at Cumberland House, because every hour of the short summer was invaluable to us.

On the 11th Mr.Clark arrived, and completed our crews .-- He brought letters from Mr.
Franklin, dated March 28th, at Fort Chipewyan, where he was engaged procuring hunters and interpreters.

A heavy storm of wind and rain from the north-east again delayed us till the morning of the 13th.

The account we had received at York Factory of the numerous stores at Cumberland House proved to be very erroneous.

The most material stores we received did not amount, in addition to our own, to more than two barrels of powder, a keg of spirits, and two pieces of tobacco, with pemmican for sixteen days.
The crew of Dr.Richardson's canoe consisted of three Englishmen and three Canadians, and the other carried five Canadians; both were deeply laden and the waves ran high on the lake.