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boats, there were stowed a musket fitted with a 

 percussion lock for each man, with a serrated bay- 

 onet that could be used as a saw ; also a complete 

 double set of tools for making or repairing a boat, 

 a tent for each boat's crew, towing-lines, anchors, 

 and one seine net. 



Each man was provided with a Flushing jacket 

 and trowsers, a stout blue Guernsey frock, a 

 waterproof over-coat, and a pair of leggins. In- 

 structions were also given that they should be 

 furnished in winter with such moccasins and 

 leather coats as the nature of their employment 

 should render necessary. Could the expedition 

 have depended on [)rocuring supplies of provision 

 at the Company's posts during their progress 

 through the interior, and a sufficient quantity of 

 pemican at one of the northern depots for the sea 

 voyage, the boats would have been lightly laden, 

 and a quick advance into the interior might have 

 been anticipated. But such not being the case, it 

 was necessary to employ one of the Company's 

 barges to assist in the transport ; and Governor 

 Sir George Simpson undertook to provide one, and 

 to engage a proper crew in Ruperfs Land, together 

 with bowmen and steersmen for the expedition 

 boats. He also agreed to select from the Company's 

 stores a complete assortment of nets and other ne- 



