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returned with four bucks, which were just be- 

 ginning to get into condition. The change of 

 food was palatable enough to all parties ; but as 

 we had abundance of provision, and the boat was 

 already too much lumbered, I discouraged all 

 such pursuits for the present. 



The result of the observations gave the lati- 

 tude 65° 38' 21/N., and longitude 106° 35' <Z3 /; 

 W. This, as to the former, agreed very well 

 with the dead reckoning, but gave the latter 

 more to the eastward. Having examined a line 

 of deep rapids that had a clear lead, we did not 

 hesitate to run them with full cargo, and in so 

 doing passed some singularly serrated and rugged 

 hills, which, stretching from the limit of view 

 in round and naked masses, dipped into the 

 water with a curiously diversified stratification at 

 an angle of 170°. A white wolf, some geese, 

 and partridges with young ones, were observed 

 here. A small tributary came in from the left, 

 and thence the river spread itself into several 

 branches, which not a little puzzled me; though, 

 as we were then situated, the right channel for 

 our purpose was obviously that which trended to 

 the westward of north. Accordingly we pulled 

 towards that branch, and shortly opened a view 

 to the S. E., so extensive that the extreme dis- 

 tance was definable only by a faint blue line. 

 I was a little alarmed at such a syphon- 



