[23] _Rangifer arcticus_ (Rich.).--E. A. P.
[25] _Larix laricina_ (Du Roi).--E. A. P.
[26] _Ovibos moschatus_ (Zimm.).--E. A. P.
[27] _Castor canadensis_ Kuhl. This is the most northerly record near the coast.--E. A. P.
Transactions from our arrival at the Factory, to my leaving it again, and during the first part of my second journey, till I had the misfortune to break the quadrant.
_Transactions at the Factory--Proceed on my second journey--Arrive at Seal River--Deer plentiful for some time--Method of angling fish under the ice--Set our fishing nets--Methods of setting nets under the ice--My guide proposes to stay till the geese began to fly; his reasons accepted--Pitch our tent in the best manner--Method of pitching a tent in winter--Fish plentiful for some time; grow very scarce; in great want of provisions--Manner of employing my time--My guide killed two deer--Move to the place they were lying at; there kill several more deer, and three beavers--Soon in want of provisions again--Many Indians join us from the Westward--We begin to move towards the barren ground--Arrive at She-than-nee, and there suffer great distress for want of provisions--Indians kill two swans and three geese--Geese and other birds of passage plentiful--Leave She-than-nee, and arrive at Beralzone--One of my companions guns bursts, and shatters his left hand--Leave Beralzone, and get on the barren ground, clear of all woods--Throw away our sledges and snow shoes--Each person takes a load on his back; my part of the luggage--Exposed to many hardships--Several days without victuals--Indians kill three musk oxen, but for want of fire are obliged to eat the meat raw--Fine weather returns; make a fire; effects of long fasting; stay a day or two to dry some meat in the sun--Proceed to the Northward, and arrive at Cathawhachaga; there find some tents of Indians--A Northern leader called Keelshies meets us; send a letter by him to the Governor--Transactions at Cathawhachaga; leave it, and proceed to the Northward--Meet several Indians--My guide not willing to proceed; his { 12} reasons for it--Many more Indians join us--Arrive at Doobaunt Whoie River--Manner of ferrying over rivers in the Northern Indian canoes--No rivers in those parts in a useful direction for the natives--Had nearly lost the quadrant and all the powder--Some reflections on our situation, and the conduct of the Indians--Find the quadrant and part of the powder--Observe for the latitude--Quadrant broke--Resolve to return again to the Factory._