We entered them by a portage of nine hundred and fifty paces, and during the afternoon traversed three other grassy lakes and encamped on the banks of the river, at the end of the Yellow-Knife Portage, of three hundred and fifty paces.

This day's work was very laborious to our men.

Akaitcho, however, had directed his party to assist them in carrying their burdens on the portages, which they did cheerfully.

This morning Mr.Back caught several fish with a fly, a method of fishing entirely new to the Indians; and they were not more delighted than astonished at his skill and success.

The extremes of temperature to-day{55} were 54 deg.