as many of the cress-like plants,
prove an excellent corrective of the gross, oily, rancid, and frequently
putrid meat, on which they subsist. The small bulbs of the Alpine
bistort (_polygonum viviparum_,) and the long, succulent, and sweet
roots of many of the _astragaleae_, which grow on the sandy shores, are
eatable; but we did not learn that the Esquimaux were acquainted with
their use. A few clumps of white spruce-fir, with some straggling black
spruces and canoe birches, grow at the distance of twenty or thirty
miles from the sea, in sheltered situations, on the banks of rivers.

_ABSTRACT of the Meteorological Register, kept by the Eastern
Detachment, in their Voyage between the Mouths of the Mackenzie and
Coppermine Rivers._

Temperature in the Shade.
Highest. Direction of
Date. Lowest. Mean. the Winds. Weather and Remarks.
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July
9 32 38 35 East; NEbE. Fresh breezes. Clear sky with
fog over the ice.
10 45 57 51 ESE. Strong breezes, clear weather.
11 42 51 43 East. Strong breezes, clear sky, and
bright sun.
12 45 50 47 Do. Ditto, ditto.
13 46 57 52 East; SE. Moderate breezes. Clear sky;
rain in the night.
14 42 42 42 West. Heavy gales. Thick fog.
15 52 57 55 Nearly calm. Very fine weather.
16 38 55 47 South. Moderate breezes. Cloudy A.M.,
clear P.M.
17 50 62 54 West; North. Fog A.M. When wind veered to
north cleared up. Temperature
of sea 55 degrees.
18 45 56 50 South; East. Light airs A.M.; fresh breezes
P.M.; calm in the night.
19 44 54 49 East; West. Fresh breezes and cloudy A.M.
Four P.M. West wind and foggy
weather.
20 46 50 48 NW., WNW. Foggy; fresh breezes A.M.
Increased to a strong gale P.M.
21 42 48 46 WNW.; NW. Fresh breezes and fo