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upon his fulfilling his engagements 

 with us ; the inducements we now 

 made ufe of to prevail upon him to pro- 

 ceed with us in our journey were, that 

 he fhould have my iowling-piece, fome 

 little matters in the pofTeffion of captain 



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Cheap, and that we would ufe our in- 

 tereft to procure him fome fmall pecuni- 

 ary reward, 



We were now to fet off in the canoe, 

 in which I was to affift him in rowing. 

 Accordingly, putting from this ifland, 

 we rowed hard all this day and the next, 

 without any thing to eat but afcrap of feal, 

 a very fmall portion of which fell to rny 

 fliare. About two hours after the clofe 

 of the day, we put afliore, where we 

 difcovered fix or feven wigwams. For 

 my part, my ftrength was fo exhaufted 

 with fatigue and hunger, that it would 

 have been impoffible for me to have 

 held out another day at this toilfome 



work. 



