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[[left margin]](20)[[/left margin]]  brought for the purpose and plastering three layers of clay over them, each of which were hardened by fire, before being placed over, so that there is a thickness of four inches over the whole, and no possibility of its catching fire.

The roof is pointed and constructed by first laying a flooring of split logs, over which we spread ends for warmth and covered the whole with bark to protect it from the rains.

We also constructed a small antechamber with an outer door, to keep snow from blocking up the entrance to house itself.

I was told that in ordinary times, the tides affect the current of the river as far up as this, but there is at present such a volume of water sweeping towards the sea, that it has no perceptible effect.

We however anticipated a great deal of trouble from the tides and strong winds lower down. Mr. Harder joined us that evening, bringing 5 deer from the mouth of the Bailey.

The quantity of mosquitoes we found here was astonishing. During the construction of the house we had to keep fires on the weather side and almost suffocate ourselves with smoke, to have any peace, and in fact on the whole route, there was only a choice between the two, mosquitoes or smoke.

I had brought five dogs to assist in towing