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some of the native metal scattered in detached 

 pieces. The Indians procure the metal on both 

 sides of the Coppermine, in a district which re- 

 quires several days to traverse. A rolled piece 

 of chromate of iron was picked up on the banks 

 of the river by Mr. Rae. This mineral, so valuable 

 on account of the beautiful pigments which are 

 manufactured from it, is found, according to Jame- 

 son, in primitive porphyry, and in beds between 

 clay-porphyry and wacke, and more abundantly in 

 America than on the Old Continent. 



The 9th proved to be another fine day. Com- 

 mencing our march a little before six, we halted 

 at noon for an hour and a half, and encamped at 

 five. A meridional observation gave the lat. 

 67° 14' 32" N. In the afternoon we passed the 

 boat left by Dease and Simpson in 1839, which 

 required too much repair to render it water-tight, 

 or we should have availed ourselves of it for the 

 remainder of the river course we had to follow. 



Starting at the usual hour on the 10th, we 

 struck the Kendall about a mile and a half from its 

 junction with the Coppermine, after a march of five 

 hours and a half. Mr. Rae went down to its 

 mouth to look for a note which we expected to 

 find, as I had directed James Hope, with two or 

 three Indians, to meet me there; or, if he arrived 

 earlier than us, to leave a memorandum and descend 



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