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the sufferers began to recover strength. A week later, 

 they were able to set out for Fort Chipewyan, where 

 they remained until June of the following year. In 

 July they reached York Factory, from whence they had 

 started three years before ; and thus terminated a jour- 

 ney of five thousand five hundred and fifty miles, during 

 which human courage and patience were exposed to 

 trials such as few can bear with fortitude, unless, as is 

 seen in Franklin's interesting narrative, it arises out of 

 reliance on the ever-sustaining care of an Almighty 

 Providence. 



