NORTHERN OCEAN. 
IS 
ing two necks of land not more than five or fix y 470, 
miles wide, we faved the walking of near twenty 
miles each time, and {till came to the main river 
again. | 
The weather had been fo remarkably boifterous 
and changeable, that we were frequently obliged 
to continue two or three nights in the fame place. 
To make up for this inconveniency, deer were fo 
plentiful for the firft eight or ten days, that the 
Indians killed as many as. was neceflary ; but we 
were all fo heavy laden that we could not poflibly 
take much ofthe meat with us. This I foon per- 
ceived to bea great evil, which expofed us to fuch 
frequent inconveniences, that in cafe of not kill- 
ing any thing for three or four days together, we 
were in great want of provifions; we feldom, 
however, went to bed entirely fupperlefs till the: 
eighth of March; when though we had only walk- 
edabout eight miles that morning, and expended 
all the remainder of the day in hunting, we could 
not produce a fingle thing at night, not even a 
partridge ! nor had we difcerned the track of any 
thing that day, which was likely to afford us 
hopes of better fuccefs in the morning. This be- 
ing the cafe, we prepared fome hooks and lines 
ready to angle for fifh, as our tent was then by the 
fide ofa lake belonging to Seal River, which 
feemed by its fituation to afford fome profpedt of 
fuccefs. - . 
Early in the morning we took down our tent, 
and moved about five miles to the Weft by South, 
to 
arch. 
