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part of a small piece of dried meat, which, in his 

 anxiety he had hitherto left untouched, and forth- 

 with decided on finding the cacJie, and returning 

 from thence to the lake. On the third day (11th 

 June), he found my note together with some pro- 

 visions which we had suspended to a pole for his 

 use, but he had so husbanded his own small supply 

 that he had still a morsel of dried meat remaining;. 

 He had no difficulty afterwards in joining Narcisse. 

 by keeping sight of the river the whole way. 



This adventure is recorded as an example of what 

 happened to all the seamen and sappers and miners 

 of the expedition each in their turn. Four of them 

 were lost in the winter of 1848-49, for three days, 

 having mistaken their way to the boat encampment 

 in Cedar Lake. The straggling of the others was 

 of less account, but none of them could be taught 

 that they were liable to such accidents until they 

 learnt it by experience. One man who strayed 

 in the winter on Cedar Lake, when found, was con- 

 tentedly steering for the moon, which, being near the 

 horizon and gleaming red through the forest, was 

 mistaken by him for the fire of the men's bivouack. 

 The snow which covered the ground at the time 

 fortunately enabled the Indian who went in pur- 

 suit of him, to trace his steps before he had gone 

 many miles. 



About twelve miles below the mouth of Black- 



