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 shore to shore. Being anxious to get away as early as possible, arrangements were made with the Company's agent for a start for York Factory on Monday morning. The assistance of one dog-team, with driver and guide, was with some difficulty secured, but three other teams were to accompany us a great part of the way, viz., to Stony River, where in the month of September the Company's servants had been obliged to abandon a boat-*load of supplies because of severe weather, the month in which we had been canoeing on the coast five hundred miles farther north.

ICE-BLOCK GROUNDED AT LOW TIDE.

A bill of necessary supplies was prepared, and these were weighed out and put into sacks. Men and teams were sent off to obtain a supply of dog-meat—an indispensable commodity—from a shanty on the south side of the river. When they reached the place they found it in possession of five polar bears—three large ones and two cubs. Along with the dog-meat were brought back the skins of one old bear and the two cubs. During Sunday the thermometer fell to 21° below zero, making the river-ice strong and perfectly safe.