We Had Much Difficulty In Crossing This, The Canoe Being Useless, Not Only From The Bottom Of The Channel Being Obstructed By Large Stones, But Also From Its Requiring Gumming, An Operation Which, Owing To The Want Of Wood And The Frost, We Were Unable To Perform.

However after following the course of the river some distance we effected a passage by means of a range of large rocks that crossed a rapid.

As the current was strong and many of the rocks were covered with water to the depth of two or three feet, the men were exposed to much danger in carrying their heavy burdens across, and several of them actually slipped into the stream but were immediately rescued by the others. Junius went farther up the river in search of a better crossing-place and did not rejoin us this day. As several of the party were drenched from head to foot and we were all wet to the middle, our clothes became stiff with the frost and we walked with much pain for the remainder of the day. The march was continued to a late hour from our anxiety to rejoin the hunters who had gone before, but we were obliged to encamp at the end of ten miles and a quarter without seeing them. Our only meal today consisted of a partridge each (which the hunters shot) mixed with tripe de roche. This repast, although scanty for men with appetites such as our daily fatigue created, proved a cheerful one and was received with thankfulness.

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