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Contwoy-to, or Rum Lake ; in consequence of 

 Mr. Hearne having here given the Indians who 

 accompanied him some of that liquor. They do 

 not get fish here. 



We walked next day over a more level coun- 

 try, but it was strewed with large stones. These 

 galled our feet a good deal ; we contrived, how- 

 ever, to wade through the snow at a tolerably 

 quick pace until five P.M., having made twelve 

 miles and a half We had made to-day our pro- 

 per course, south by east, which we could not 

 venture upon doing before, for fear of falling 

 again upon some branch of the Contwoy-to. 

 Some deer were seen in the morning, but the 

 hunters failed of killing any, and in the after- 

 noon we fell into the track of a large herd, which 

 had passed the day before, but did not overtake 

 them. In consequence of this want of success 

 we had no breakfast, and but a scanty supper ; 

 but we allayed the pangs of hunger, by eating 

 pieces of singed hide. A little tnpe de roche* was 

 also obtained. These would have satisfied us in 

 ordinary times, but we were now almost exhaust- 

 ed by slender fare and travel, and our appetites 

 had become ravenous. We looked, however, 

 with humble confidence to the great Author and 

 Giver of all good, for a continuance of the sup- 



* The diiferent kinds of gyropkora, are termed indiscriminately 



