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porary exchange was effected, as agreeable, as 

 I afterwards learnt, to Louison, as it was to 

 myself. We were here also provided with extra 

 clothing and shoes, in the event of being caught 

 by the frost ; and the remainder of the time, I 

 occupied in making observations on the dip, 

 force, &c, by which it appeared that an increased 

 difference of three degrees easterly had taken 

 place since 1825, in the variation. 



While we were discussing our usual dinner 

 of hard dried meat and pemmican, one of the 

 hunters burst into the room, with the glad 

 tidings of his having killed a moose deer, of 

 which he had brought a small part with him. 

 At the same moment, the servant entered with a 

 bladder of fat in his hand, a sight which, from 

 the great scarcity of that luxury, so surprised 

 Mr. M'Donnell, that he exclaimed, " Good God ! 

 from what part of the country did that come ? " 

 Nor will this appear strange, when it is known, 

 that he had not tasted any fresh meat since 

 April -, nor had I seen any since leaving Fort 

 William. 



Having written some letters of business, and 

 left further instructions for Mr. King, I embark- 

 ed the next morning, August 11th, at 6 a.m., 

 in my old canoe, now manned by one English- 

 man, (William Malley, R. A., my servant,) one 

 Canadian, two half-breeds, and two Indians. 



