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CHAP. VI. 



Continue our Progress. — Rocks on the Thlew-ee-choh. — 

 Island of singular Appearance. — Musk-Ox Lake. — - 

 Conjectures on the Course of the Thlew-ee-choh. — Icy 

 River. — Appearance of two Indians. — Maufelly per- 

 mitted to visit his Wife. — Consummate skill of De 

 Charloit. — Dwarf Pines. — Stoiy of the Rat and. the 

 Beaver. — Unfitness of the Trees for Planks. — Artil- 

 lery Lake. — Force of the Rapids. — Accident in our 

 Passage. — Leave the Ah-hel-dessy. — A Bear killed. 

 — Ridiculous Story. — March resumed. — Desolate 

 Scenery. — A Deer shot. — Tormented by Sandflies, — 

 Anecdote of Sir John Franklin. -^Meeting with Mr. 

 M c Leod, by an unexpected Route. 



August 30. — Squalls and heavy rain prevailed 

 most part of the night ; and the morning was so 

 extremely foggy and raw, that nothing could be 

 done towards repairing the canoe, which, to my 

 regret, was found to be much more damaged than 

 I had supposed. Three or four hundred deer 

 came within half shot, but soon disappeared on 

 discovering their mistake. Almost immediately 

 afterwards a flock of geese flew close past, on 

 their way to the south ; which circumstance 

 Maufelly considered to be an indication of the 

 breaking up of the season. 



