340 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 
no one could witness without feeling a sincere pity 
for their sufferings. 
After this discussion we went forward until sun- 
set. In the course of the day we crossed seven 
lakes and a$’many portages. Just as we had 
encamped we were delighted to see four of the 
hunters arrive with the flesh of two rein-deer. 
This seasonable supply, though only sufficient 
for this evening’s and the next day’s consumption, 
instantly revived the spirits of our companions, 
and they immediately forgot all their cares. As. 
we did not, after this period, experience any de- 
ficiency of food during this journey, they worked 
extremely well, and never again reflected upon us 
as they had done before, for rashly bringing them 
into an inhospitable country, where the means of 
subsistence could not be procured. 
Several blue fish, resembling the grayling, were 
caught i in a stream which flows out of Hunter’s 
Lake. It is remarkable for the largeness of the 
dorsal fin and the beauty of its colours.  - 
August 14.—Having crossed the Hunter’s Por- 
tage we entered the lake of the same name in 
latitude 64° 6' 47” N., longitude 113° 25’ 00” W. ; 
but soon quitted it by desire of the Indian guide, 
and diverged more to the eastward that we might 
get into the line upon which our hunters had gone. 
This was the only consideration that could have 
