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A JOURNEY TO THE 
The weather for fome time was remarkably 
fine and pleafant. Game of all kinds was ex- 
ceedingly plentiful, and we continued our courfe _ 
to the Northward on the above river and lakes — 
till the firft of June, when we arrived at a place 
called Beralzone. In our way thither, befide kill. _ 
‘ing more geefe than was necefiary, we fhot two 
deer. One of my companions had now the mif- 
fortune to fhatter his hand very much by the 
burfting of a gun; but as no bones were broken, 
I bound up the wound, and with the affiftance of 
fome of Turlington’s drops, yellow bafilicon, &c. 
which I had with me, foon reftored the ufe of his 
hand; fo that in a very fhort time he feemed to 
be out of all danger. 
After {topping a few days at Beralzone, to dry 
a little venifon and a few geefe, we again pro- 
ceeded to the Northward on the barren ground; 
for on our leaving this place we foon got clear of 
all the woods. 
The fnow was by this time fo foft as to render 
walking in fnow-fhoes very laborious; and 
though the ground was bare in many places, yet, 
at times, and in particular places, the fnow-drifts 
were fo deep, that we could not poflibly do with- 
out them. By the fixth, however, the thaws 
were fo general, and the fnows fo much melted, 
that as our fnow-fhoes were attended with more 
trouble than fervice, we all confented to throw 
them away. ‘Till the tenth, our fledges proved 
ferviceable, particularly in croffing lakes and. 
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