TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:Sidenotes have been placed as closely as possible to where they appeared in the original.Old spellings are retained, e.g. musquitoes, felspar, Esquimaux, kaiyacks, imbedded, incloses, inclosing, inquiry, inquiries, moveable, incrusted, trowsers, bivouack, referrible, teazing. Both vallies and valleys are used interchangably and this has not altered. Names with suffixes "Mc" or "Mac" written as "M'" throughout text; this convention is retained."a.m." and "p.m." are shown without an internal space—spaces have been removed where they were present. Usage was inconsistent, perhaps to improve justification of text. Internal spaces have also been removed from initials such as R.N., F.R.S., K.G., &c. to improve rewrap behaviour. Decimal points were occasionally denoted by commas. This convention is replaced by standard point notation throughout.Lengthy quotations were denoted by a leading quotation mark in the first column of each line. They are replaced with standard opening and closing quotation marks for each quoted passage."Dog-Rib" Indians were sometimes referred to as "Dog-rib". Usage is now "Dog-Rib" throughout.Specific corrections made to text are listed below. Note that examples are given after a colon and are the corrected text. All other printer's errors remain.PageComment14,51,79"water-proof" changed to "waterproof".16"depot" changed to "depôt".17"Hudsons's Bay Company" corrected to "Hudson's Bay Company"."bat-/teau" corrected to "bateau" to be consistent with rest of text. Typo was across end of line hyphen.24"Hudson's Bay-Company" corrected to "Hudson's Bay Company".25"was dragged by other eight men" corrected to "was dragged by another eight men".26"Riviere" corrected to "Rivière"."Hudson" corrected to "Hudson's"27"or" corrected to "on": "live on dried provision".28"depend" corrected to "depends".29"chace" corrected to "chase". Whilst both forms are acceptable for the time, both were used in the book. The change makes everything consistent. See also page 65."of" inserted: "under the roof of our hospitable friend".30"Winnipeg" corrected to "Winipeg" to be consistent with rest of manuscript.32,51"northwest" corrected to "north-west" for consistency.34"eastermost" corrected to "easternmost".39,53,65,96,202"day-light" changed to daylight".42"sandbanks" changed to "sand-banks" for consistency with rest of manuscript.45"least" changed to "lest": "lest the Esquimaux should come".48,51"rein deer" corrected to "rein-deer" twice on this page to be consistent with rest of manuscript.52,299"lydianstone" corrected to "lydian-stone".49"Rocky mountains" capitalised to "Rocky Mountains".52"occurence" corrected to "occurrence".53"chissel" changed to "chisel": "ice-chisel".Inserted comma after "ice-chisel" to correct list punctuation.54"Cannon-shot" changed to "Cannon-Shot" for consistency in place name "Cannon-Shot Reach".56"where-ever" across end of line changed to "wherever" twice on this page.62"skreening" amended to "screening": "screening us from the snow".65"bag-pipes" to "bagpipes"."chace" corrected to "chase".70"Chepewyan" corrected to "Chipewyan"."invariable" corrected to "invariably": "the needle almost invariably remained stationary".77"temperature in the shade +8° 5'": odd use of minutes noted. It is not immediately obvious what is intended.80"dimunition" corrected to "diminution".83"canvass" corrected to "canvas": "waterproof canvas".88"aud" corrected to "and": "iron-work, knives, and beads".92"northeast" changed to "north-east".94"Francois" changed to "François". "westermost" changed to "westernmost".95"36' N" changed to "36' N.".101"mall" corrected to "small": "so small a number".109"mases" to "masses": "the larger masses".111"Copper-mine" to "Coppermine": "the Coppermine River"."tatoed" to "tattoed": "men being tattoed".112,119,130,132,172,173,190"oomiacks" changed to "oomiaks".117"liittle" to "little": "our little friend".122"seperated" corrected to "separated".124"ancle" amended to "ankle".126"Dip" made lower-case "dip" since mid-sentence.129"British chain" changed to "British Chain" for consistency.132"visiters" corrected to "visitors".132,148,152,190"oomiack" corrected to "oomiak".146"ice chissel" changed to "ice-chisel".147"and the main, that when" changed to "and the main than when" to correct typos.148"Humphreys" changed to "Humphrys" to be consistent.156"Capitalised start of sentence: "be killed? You are active".Added closing quotation marks after "depart instantly".157"hair skins" changed to "hare skins" since "their dress consisting principally of hare skins" is noted on page 247.160Degree symbol used instead of minute symbol. Correct form: "latitude 69° 34' & 69° 44' N."163Comma changed to full-stop since it occurs at end of sentence: "white spruce trees. Our voyage amongst these".166"Richard's" changed to "Richards'" since the governor was John Baker Richards."island" changed to "Island": "Richards' Island".167Comma changed to full-stop since it occurs at end of sentence: "intimidation and extortion. When the interview"."kaiyaks" changed to "kaiyacks".173"harassing" changed to "harrassing".174It is unclear whether these Eskimo words were meant to have oe or ae. The printer seems to have used the oe ligature indifferently for ae, as sometimes happened at this period.Cf. sertulariæ p. 179 etc. And the only such word in non-italic has ae: Narrakazzæ p. 266. At any rate, later writers certainly seem to have read them all as oe."peechaw-ooloo" has a macron (overscore) diacritical mark on its final letter; this has been omitted.177"ice-bergs" changed to "icebergs".180"Wednesday 12th" changed to "Wednesday, 12th" to be consistent with other sidenotes.184"grounded-ice" amended to "grounded ice".185"K'Kinley" corrected to "M'Kinley": "Captain George M'Kinley".189"sine" changed to "side".190"ecstacy" changed to "ecstasy"."their wide boots" changed to "their wide hoods",cf. pp. 44, 110.195"head-land" changed to "headland".199"preservance" corrected to "perseverance"."from" changed to "form": "those which form its western shores".200"short-voyage" changed to "short voyage".Comma changed to full-stop since it occurs at end of sentence: "south-east direction. We landed a little to the eastward".202"head-lands" changed to "headlands".204"closenes" corrected to "closeness".207"lime-stone" corrected to "limestone".208"deers-meat" corrected to "deer-meat".211"semed" corrected to "seemed": "seemed to contain".214"lime-stone" corrected to "limestone".225"several of of them" changed to "several of them". Word was repeated across end of line."dimunition" corrected to "diminution": "suffered some diminution".226Comma changed to full-stop since it occurs at end of sentence: "on their route to Bear Lake. The ridges of hill".227"ecstacy" corrected to "ecstasy".230"68" changed to "66": 3 days ago they were at 67° 10', heading SW; the northernmost point of Great Bear Lake is at about 67°.232"Thursday 24th" changed to "Thursday, 24th" to be consistent with other sidenotes."I I therefore embarked" changed to "I therefore embarked"; repeat was across line break.237"Krusensten" changed to "Krusenstern" since the latter is used in the rest of the text.240"indvalids" corrected to "invalids".244"extrordinary" corrected to "extraordinary""Corona" corrected to "Coronæ".245"+30.5 degrees." changed to "+30.5 degrees,".246"re-appearance" corrected to "reappearance".257"house" changed to "House".261"depots" changed to "depôts".268"sulphat" corrected to "sulphate": "crystals of sulphate of iron".271"moses" corrected to "mosses": "is covered a foot deep, or more, by mosses".274"off" corrected to "of": "at the bottom of the cliff".278"sandsone" corrected to "sandstone".279"sand-stones" corrected to "sandstones"."oscasionally" corrected to "occasionally".280"clay-stone" to "claystone".283"long;" changed to "long.;".284"formation" corrected to "formations": "similar formations which occupy".285"limetone" corrected to "limestone".290"swells gently into a hill several feet high"; should this be "several hundred feet high"?"Horn Mountain" changed to "Horn Mountains"."sienities" changed to "sienites".293"in some, reaches" changed to "in some reaches,".Footnote 36: "very-fine grained" changed to "very fine-grained".295"specifind" corrected to "specified"."sphoeroidalis" corrected to "sphæroidalis"."corbrash" corrected to "cornbrash".296Removed spurious opening quotation mark before "ramparts", thereby balancing quotation marks.297"terrebratula" corrected to "terebratula".303"coasted" changed to "coated".308"othoceratites" changed to "orthoceratites".318"Sowbery" changed to "Sowerby".
Sidenotes have been placed as closely as possible to where they appeared in the original.
Old spellings are retained, e.g. musquitoes, felspar, Esquimaux, kaiyacks, imbedded, incloses, inclosing, inquiry, inquiries, moveable, incrusted, trowsers, bivouack, referrible, teazing. Both vallies and valleys are used interchangably and this has not altered. Names with suffixes "Mc" or "Mac" written as "M'" throughout text; this convention is retained.
"a.m." and "p.m." are shown without an internal space—spaces have been removed where they were present. Usage was inconsistent, perhaps to improve justification of text. Internal spaces have also been removed from initials such as R.N., F.R.S., K.G., &c. to improve rewrap behaviour. Decimal points were occasionally denoted by commas. This convention is replaced by standard point notation throughout.
Lengthy quotations were denoted by a leading quotation mark in the first column of each line. They are replaced with standard opening and closing quotation marks for each quoted passage.
"Dog-Rib" Indians were sometimes referred to as "Dog-rib". Usage is now "Dog-Rib" throughout.
Specific corrections made to text are listed below. Note that examples are given after a colon and are the corrected text. All other printer's errors remain.