NORTH-WEST CONTINENT OF AMERICA,

to the Eaftward. We then traverfed another bay in a courfe of three
miles, then South one mile to a point which we named the Detour, and
South-South-Weft four miles and an half, when there was an heavy
{well off the lake. Here I took an obfervation, when we were in
61. 40. North latitude. We then proceeded South-Weft four miles, and
Weilt-South-Weft among iflands: on one of which our Indians killed
two rein-deer, but we loft three hours aft wind in going for them: this
courfe was nine miles. About feven in the evening we were obliged to
land for the night, as the wind became too ftrong from the South-Eatft.
We thought we could obferve land in this dire€tion when the wind was
coming on from fome diftance. On the other fide of the Detour, the
land is low, and the fhore is flat and dangerous, there being no fafe
place to land in bad weather, except in the iflands which we had juft
paffed. There feemed to be plenty of moofe and rein-deer in this

country, as we faw their tracks wherever we landed. There were alfo

great numbers of white partridges, which are at this feafon of a grey
colour, like that of the moor-fowl. There was fome floating ice in the
lake, and the Indians killed a couple of fwans.

At three this morning we were in the canoe, after having pafled a very
reftlefs night from the perfecution of the mufquitoes. The weather was
fine and calm, and our courfe Welft-South-Weft nine miles, when we
came to the foot of a traverfe, the oppofite point in fight bearing South-
Welt, diflance twelve miles. The bay is at leaft eight miles deep, and this
courfe two miles more, in all ten miles. It now became very foggy, and as
the bays were fo numerous, we landed for two hours, when the weather
cleared up; and we took the advantage of fteering South thirteen miles,
and

Saturday 27.