six in the morning
No trace remained of the solid ice-mountains of the winter but these moving relies , which the solar rays could scarcely dissolve , and which seemed , as it were , to protest against the brilliant but not very powerful Polar sun , now describing a diurnal arc of considerable length . Mrs Barnett and the Lieutenant , as was their custom , communicated to each other the thoughts suggested by the strange scenes through which they were passing . They laid up a store of pleasant recollections for the future whilst the beat floated rapidly along upon the peaceful waves . The party started at six in the morning , and at nine they neared the point on the northern bank at which they were to land . The Indian encampment was situated at the north-west angle of the Great Bear Lake . Before ten o'clock old Norman ran the boat aground on a low bank at the foot of a cliff of moderate height . Mrs Barnett and the Lieutenant landed at once .