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‘¢ worthy of notice, you are to take the fame me- 
*¢ thod with Baker’s Lake, which is the head of 
“ Bowden’s or Chefterfield’s Inlet*; as alfo with 
‘‘ any other rivers you may meet with; and if 
“likely to be of any utility, you are to take pof- 
“‘ feflion of them, as before mentioned, on the 
“¢ behalf of the Honourable Hudfon’s Bay Com- 
“pany. The draft of Bowden’s Inlet and Wager 
“¢ Strait I fend with you, that you may have a bet- 
“ ter idea of thofe places, in cafe of your viliting 
“* them. | 
“¢ athly, Another material point which is re- 
** commended to you, is to find out, if you can, 
‘** either by your own travels, or by information 
“from the Indians, whether there is a paflage 
“‘ through this continent}. It will be very ufeful 
“to clear up this point, if poflible, in order to 
‘“‘ prevent farther doubts from arifing hereafter 
“* refpect- 
* See the preceding Note, 
+ The Continent of America is much wider than many people imagine, 
particularly Robfon, who thought that the Pacific Ocean was but a few 
days journey from the Weft coalt of Hudfon’s Bay. This, however, is fo 
far from being the cafe, that when I was at my greateft Weftern diftance, 
upward of five hundred miles from Prince of Wales's Fort, the natives 
my guides, well knew that many tribes of Indians lay to the Weft of us, 
and they knew no end to the land in that dire@tion; nor have I met with 
any Indians, either Northern or Southern, that ever had feen the fea to 
the Weftward, It is, indeed, well known to the intelligent and well-in- 
formed part of the Campany’s fervants, that an extenfive and numerous, 
tribe of Indians, called E-arch-e-thinnews, whofe country lies far Weft of 
any of the Company’sor Canadian fettlements, mutt have traffic with the 
Spaniards on the Weft fide of the Continent ; becaufe fome of the Indians 
who formerly traded to York Fort, when at war with thofe people, fre- 
quently found faddles, bridles, mufkets, and many other articles, in their 
poffeffion, which were undoubtedly of Spanifh manufaétory. 
I have 
