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Crafcefe'anfcand there was twilight all the time that he wasbelow it. The men had but few hours for rest,for after encamping a supper was not only tobe cooked, but caught, and it was thereforelate before they went to sleep. Mr. Frobisherand myself rose at three; and the men werestirring still earlier, in order to take up thenets, so that we might eat our breakfast andbe on our journey before sunrise.On the sixth of June we arrived at a largelake, which, to our disappointment, was entirelyfrozen over, and at the same time theice was too weak to be walked upon. We werenow fearful of detention for several days, buthad the consolation to find our situation wellsupplied with fish. On the following nightthere was a fall of snow, which lay on the groundto the depth of a foot. The wind was from thenortheast. The Indians who were of our partyhunted, and killed several elks, or moose deer. 69At length the wind changed into the southernquarter, on which we had rain, and the snowmelted. On the tenth, with some difficultywe crossed the lake, which istwenty milesin length, through a channel opened in the ice.On the fifteenth, after passing several carryingplaces,we reached the River Churchill, Missinibi,or Missinipi, where we found Mr.Thomas Frobisher and his men, who were in69This was, of course, the moose; Henry uses theterm "red deer" to designate the American elk.Editor.307