IGO THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE BY LAND. 



they were driven to eating their dogs on the way. 

 We considered ourselves very fortunate in having 

 escaped so well from the general dearth. 



The buffalo have receded so far from the forts, 

 and the quantity of white fish from the lakes, one of 

 the principal sources of supply, has decreased so 

 greatly, that now a winter rarely passes without 

 serious suffering from want of food. This deficiency 

 has become so urgent, that the Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany contemplate the immediate establishment of 

 extensive farms in the Saskatchewan district, which 

 is so admirably adapted for agricultural and grazing 



purposes. 



The days w^hen it was possible to live in plenty 

 by the gun and net alone, have already gone by on 

 the North Saskatchewan, 



