noon they returned without having fuceeedid in either -dfeje®. We
were, however; in expe%tiony that, as1 the*wind blew vetyflrobg, if
would force a paffage. About fun-fet, the weather - became -overeaft,'
with thunder, lightning, and rain.
Tburfday 18. y The nets were taken up at four this morning with abundance o f fife,
and we fleered North-Weft four miles, where the ice again prevented
ou^ptegrefki A SotfthdSafe wind drove1 it amohg the iflandS; in fe c i a
manner as to impede our paffage;-and -we* could perCeiVd&tfiOmediflffirice
a-head, that i£ was but little broken. We nbw 'fet 'otfr nets'in four
; fathom wafer. Two o f dtir hunters had‘kilteda iein^feeriand ife #^n.
They had met with two Indian famil ies, and in the evening, a man fefei
kmging^to one Of them, paid that the-dM
had not ftirred on the fide of the-iftand oppbfite tO-QS; ThiefepeoplO
live entirely on fife; and were waiting to crofe the lake aSToonas it
ftoUld-bfe clear of fee., ; §sd vem 'pfrfetaokd--bnvm Milt
Friday ' This* morning our nets were unproductive, mrifey yielded us nd more
than fix- fife; which Were -of a vbry bad "kind. in lh e^ eh o b r i;1 the-Im
dians proceeded to the large iffehd/oppdfite' to Us^ iWTeUKh 5f gafee;
The weather: was cloudy, and the wind cfaangj&bfejVat the fame ■ $Sla£'
we were peftered by mufquitoes, though, in a great meafure, furrounded
with ice.
Saturday ao. We took up Our nets, but without any fife. It rained very hard
during the night and this morning: neverthefefs, M. Le Roux and his
people went back to the point which we had quitted on the 18th, but
I did
I did not think ‘it prudent to move. As- I was watching* for a paffage 1789*
through the ic e ,I promifedto fend--for them- when Icould obtain it. 1--- /—~
It rained atjfeferyals »ll wbbut^fiyb^e]ock^|when we leaded our canoe;
and (leered for the large ifland, Weft-fix miléS.^ When weêameiéothë
point Of k;- we found a< great quantity of ied; We, howeverfet our
nets,and foon eaqght plenty ofifife. In our- way-thither we met ' our
hunters, but they had taken, nothing. I took, foundings at an hundred
yards from the ifland,-when-we w-ere in twenty-one fathom wat'er. Here
we found abundance o f cranberries and fmall fpring onions.' I now dif-
patched-two- men for M. Le Roux, and bis fieb|>iês
A Southerly wind blew through-the night, and drove the fee fô thè Sun<Jay an
Northward. The two men whom I- had fent to Mf Le Roux, returned
atreight; this mornikg-; they-parted with him ât a Ÿfeall1 diftanee ;fro«r us, *'
butjhh.windfelew-fofeaM^tli^thf was obliged to put to fhore. Having
&IghhËpfë of the- fun,1 whanit Was >tWe«fe^Dy !aiy Watehy I found thë1 latitude
6i.^f^-No#th IâtitudeépAt1f#o in the âflèVriObn- M, Le Rbiix, and
his-paoplê arriveid', - At five, thedee being almofl all driven- pad to the
Notthward, we-accordingly embarked, and fleered Weft- fifteen miles;
tlrough much broken iee, and on the-outide Of thé iflUnés; though it
appeared to be; very Mid- to -the Norfh-Eaft.- I feuhdëdkhréëkimesin
this diflaftce, and found it- feventyTfive; -forty-four, and: fixly fathom
wittâfï:-:-We «pitched our tents ok one of a
were within three miles of the main land, which wè could'not ’ reach in
confequençe g f the fee. â
We.fey feme rein-dee* on one..of.the ifiapds, and our hunters Wçnt
in -