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was successful, and they all returned in the even- 

 ing. The stragglers were mucli fatigued, and 

 had suffered severely from the cold, one of them 

 having his thighs frozen, and what under our 

 present circumstances was most grievous, they 

 had thrown away all the meat. The wind during 

 the night returned to the northwest quarter, blew 

 more violently than ever, and raised a very tur- 

 bulent sea. The next day did not improve our 

 condition, the snow remained on the ground, and 

 the small pools were frozen. Our hunters were 

 sent out, but they returned after a fatiguing day's 

 march without having seen any animals. We 

 made a scanty meal off a handful of pemmican, 

 after which only half a bag remained. 



The wind abated after midnight, and the surf 

 diminished rapidly, which caused us to be on the 

 alert at a very early hour on the 22d, but we had 

 to wait until six A.M. for the return of Augustus, 

 who had continued out all night on an unsuccess- 

 ful pursuit of deer. It appears that he had walked 

 a few miles farther along the coast, than the party 

 had done on the 18th, and from a sketch he drew 

 on the sand, we were confirmed in our former 

 opinion that the shore inclined more to the east- 

 ward beyond Point Turnagain. He also drew a 

 river of considerable size, that discharges its 



