28G JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



before declared such a project impracticable, and 

 they unanimously entreated us to return back to 

 the rapid, a request which accorded with our own 

 opinion, and was therefore acceded to. Credit 

 and Junius, however, were missing, and it was 

 also necessary to send notice of our intention to 

 Mr. Back and bis party. Augustus being pro- 

 mised a reward, undertook the task, and we 

 agreed to wait for him at the rapid. It was sup- 

 posed he could not fail meeting with the two 

 stragglers on his way to or from Mr. Back, as it 

 was likely they would keep on the borders of the 

 lake. He accordingly set out after Mr. Back, 

 whilst we returned about a mile towards the 

 rapid, and encamped in a deep valley amongst 

 some large willows. We supped on the remains 

 of the putrid deer, and the men having gone to 

 the spot where it was found, scraped together 

 the contents of its intestines which were scattered 

 on the rock, and added them to their meal. We 

 also enjoyed the luxury to-day of eating a large 

 quantity of excellent blue-berries and cran-ber- 

 ries Cvaccinium idiginosiim and v. vitis idceaj which 

 were laid bare by the melting of the snow, but 

 nothing could allay our inordinate appetites. 



In the night we heard the report of Credit's 

 gun in answer to our signal muskets, and he re- 

 joined us in the morning, but we got no inteUi- 



