^* JOURXEV TO THE SHORES 



firm, they did not like to quit the house, where thej 

 claUy received medicines from Dr. Richardson, 

 to encounter the fatigue of following the move- 

 ments of a hunting camp. They cleared away the 

 snow on the site of the autumn encampments to 

 look for bones, deers> feet, bits of hide, and other 

 offal. When we beheld them gna^ving the pieces 

 M Me. and pounding the bones, for the puipose 

 I extractmg some nourishment from them by bcil- 

 b^' Z 'T"'*^ °" '"Ability to rcheve them, 



ZZt ■'" '° '""^ °^<=^'^^"y of eagerly col- 



from tf ' *™'' "" '"'^^ *« -'tention of the men 

 Mn* r'"^ we encouraged the practice of 

 sled"^s r **' ^'-P'^-k'-of the river upn 

 bank with T ''''^'''^'' descended the snowy 

 upo;rheier\;^'°^"y'-'lranagreatdista.ce 



»d the numeS: "f.rrt'i,:"^ '" '"^^ .'^^J 

 seemed to form n , """^s we experienced 



of the party • but '"'"'' °^ *^ amusement 



been thrown from °v °"' «=<=^«°". when I had 

 the snow a fit T 7 ''^* ^"'l ^'^ost buried in 

 o^-er me, and spraine^^T'" ^"^' ^'' '''^^' 

 On the IS.h 7. ^ ■'"'^ severely. 



'''^^"^'S'^''" the evening a beautiful 



