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coaft of the Bay on it, but left the interior 
parts blank, to be filled up during my Journey. 
I alfo prepared detached pieces on a much larger 
{cale for every degree of latitude and longitude 
contained in the large Map. On thofe detached 
pieces | pricked off my daily courfes and diftance, 
and entered all lakes and rivers, &'c. that I met 
with; endeavouring, by a ftrict enquiry of the 
Natives, to find out the communication of one ri- 
ver with another, as alfo their connections with 
the many lakes with which that country abounds: 
and when opportunity offered, having corrected 
them by obfervations, I entered them in the gene- 
ral Map.» Thefe and feveral other neceflary pre- 
parations, for the eafier, readier and more cor- 
rectly keeping my Journal and Chart, were alfo 
adopted ; but as te myfelf, little was required to 
be done, as the nature of travelling long journies 
in thofe countries will never admit of carrying 
even the moft common article of clothing; fo 
that the traveller is obliged to depend on the 
country he pafles through, for that article, as 
well as for provifions. Ammunition, ufeful iron- 
work, fome tobacco, a few knives, and other in- 
difpenfable articles, make a fufficient load for any 
one to carry that is going a journey likely to laft 
twenty months, or two years. As that was the 
cafe, I only took the fhirt and clothes I then had 
on, one fpare coat, a pair of drawers, and as much 
cloth as would make me two or three pair of In- 
dian ftockings, which, together with a blanket 
for bedding, compofed the whole of my ftock of 
clothing. A JOUR- 
