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1740. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
us, together with a {mall fample of light trading 
t-—.— goods, for prefents to the Indians, as before, 
February. 
22d, 
4 
My inftructions on this occafion amounted to 
no more than an order to proceed as faft as pof- 
fible; and for my conduct during the journey, 
I was referred to my former inftructions No-- 
vember 6th, 1769. 
Every thing being in readinefs for our depar- 
ture, on the twenty-third of February I began my 
fecond journey, accompanied by three Northern 
Indians and two of the home-guard (Southern) In- 
' dians. I took particular care, however, that 
Mackachy, though an excellent hunter, fhould not 
be of our party; as he had proved himfelf, dur- 
ing my former journey, to be a fly artful villain. 
The fnow at this time was fo deep on the top 
of the ramparts, that few of the cannon were to 
be feen, otherwife the Governor would have fa- 
luted me at my departure, as before; but as thofe 
honours could not pofiibly be of any fervice to 
my expedition, I readily relinquifhed every thing 
of the kind; and in lieu of it, the Governor, of- 
ficers, and people, infifted on giving me three 
cheers. 
After leaving the Factory, we continued our 
courfe in much the fame direction as in my for- 
mer journey, till we arrived at Seal River; when, 
inftead of crofling it, and walking on the barren 
grounds as before, we followed the courfe of the 
river, except in two particular places, where the 
bends tended fo much to the South, that by croff- 
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