March 25th.—­Snowing heavy.  Got to Cape Corbeau.  All very tired.

March 26th.—­Stormy to-day and snowing very hard, and our toboggans so heavy we could not get on at all, and had to leave our loads and walk empty to the post.  Late when we got here at Mr. Blake’s house at the rapids, 3 miles from the post.  Will get dog team in the morning and go back for our loads.

March 28th.—­Duncan M’Lean and I took dog team up Grand Lake this morning and got here again this evening with Mr. Hubbard’s body and the things we left behind in the fall.  We dressed him the best we could and laid him in the coffin the men at Kenemish had made for him, till we are ready to start on around the coast.

When I was up in the bush, Mr. Wallace has a letter from Dr. Cluny Macpherson.  As soon as he heard the sad news of Mr. Hubbard, he has started from Battle Harbor to come to Northwest River with his dog team to help us.  When he got to Rigolette, Mr. Fraser has just been at Northwest River post, and told him we hadn’t yet the body of Mr. Hubbard out from the bush, and besides when he left Battle Harbor his little child was sick, and a team of dogs brought him news that his child was getting worse.  So then he had to turn back from Rigolette, and sent a letter to Mr. Wallace to guide us on our way, from Rigolette to Battle Harbor, from the time we may leave Rigolette all along, giving full account where we could get men and teams, and when we got at a place what man to ask for, and gave all the names of the places, and the names of the people we are to enquire for, and the best places to stay at nights, and besides tells of a steamer to come to Battle Harbor about the first of May.

It was hard to get dogs and we were long getting started.  In February I was up at Muddy Lake.  Wednesday, Feb. 24th, I went from Muddy Lake to Goose Bay at John Groves.  He asked me if we got dogs to help us around the coast and to take Mr. Hubbard’s body.  I said that we did not yet find teams that could take us around or even as far as Rigolette.

Thursday, February 25th.—­I got to Northwest River.

Sunday, February 28th.—­Mr. Wallace and Mr. Bently arrived from Kenemish.  Then I told Mr. Wallace what John Groves had told me, that he could help us with his team as far as Rigolette any way, and that he had a good team of dogs.

Friday, April 8th.—­Lots of teams from Muddy Lake.  Edward Michline also arrived.  He has been at Goose Bay a few days ago, and tells me that his brother-in-law John Groves said, that if Mr. Wallace would ask him to help him along, he could go as far as Rigolette with his team of dogs, as at the time he did not have very much to do and he could have time to go to Rigolette and back before he had any particular work to do for himself.  Then I told Mr. Wallace about it, what John Groves has said.  He said that he would write a letter to him and ask him about it.