NORTHERN OCEAN. 
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had recourfe to our canoe, which, though of the 1770. 
common fize, was too {mall to carry more than ——~ 
two perfons; one of whom always lies down at 
full length for fear of making the canoe top-hea- 
vy, and the other fits on his heels and paddles. 
This method of ferrying over rivers, though 
tedious, is the moft expeditious way thefe poor 
people can contrive; for they are fometimes ob- 
liged to carry their canoes one hundred and fifty, 
or two hundred miles, without having occafion 
to make ufe of them; yet at times they cannot 
do without them; and were they not very {mall 
and portable, it would be impoflible for one man 
to carry them, which they are often obliged to 
do, not only the diftance above mentioned, but . 
even the whole Summer. 
The perfon I engaged at Cathawhachaga to car- 
ry my canoe proving too weak for the tafk, ano- 
ther of my crew was obliged to exchange loads 
with him, which feemed perfectly agreeable to all 
parties; and as we walked but fhort days jour- 
nies, and deer were very plentiful, all things went 
on every {moothly. Nothing material happened 
till the eighth, when we were near lofing the 
quadrant and all our powder from the following 
circumftance: the fellow who had been releafed 
from carrying the canoe proving too weak, as hath 
been 
croffed during this part of my journey, ran to the Eaft and North Eaft; 
and both them and the Jakes were perfedtly frefh, and inhabited by fith 
that are well known never to frequent falt water, 
Augutt, 
6th. 
8th, 
