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and the Indians carried away three black whelps, 
to improve the breed of their dogs. I purchased 
one of them, intending to send it to England, but 
it perished for want of proper nourishment. 
The latitude of these tents, was 53° 12’ 46” N., 
and longitude by chronometers 103° 13’ 10” W. 
On the 5th of April we set out for the hunting 
tent by our former track, and arrived there in 
the evening. 
As the increasing warmth of the weather had 
threatened to interrupt communication by re- 
ape the ice, orders had been, sent from Cum- 
berl House #7, +h nannil + +. 40) 7971+ it 
without delay ; which’ we did on the 7th.. Some 
altitudes of the Aurora were obtained. : 
We had a fine view, at sunrise, of the Bas- 
quiau Hill, skirting half the horizon with its 
white sides, chequered by forests of pine. It is 
seen from Pine Island Lake, at the distance of 
fifty miles; and cannot, therefore, be less than 
three-fourths of a mile in perpendicular height ; 
probably the greatest elevation between the 
~ Atlantic Ocean, and the Rocky Mountains. 
_A small stream runs near the hunting tent, 
strongly impregnated with salt. There are several 
salt springs about it, which are not frozen during 
the winter. 
