NORTHERN OCEAN. 
dwarf woods, chiefly pines; but in fome parts 
intermixed with larch and {mall birch trees. 
‘Phe land, like all ‘the reft which lies to the North 
of Be iver. is hilly, and full of rocks; and 
though none of the hills are high, yet as few of 
the woods grow on their fummits, they in general 
fhew their fnowy heads far above the woods 
which grow in the vallies, or thofe which are 
fcattered about their fides. 
_ After leaving Iland Lake, we continued our 
old courfe between the Weft and North Weft, 
and travelled at the eafy rate of eight or nine miles 
a day. Provifions of all kinds were fcarce till 
the fixteenth, when the Indians killed twelve 
deer. This induced us to put up, though early 
in the day ; and finding great. plenty of deer in 
the neighbourhood of our little encampment, it 
was agreed by all parties to remain a few days, 
in order to dry and pound fome neat to make it 
lighter for carriage. 
Having, by the twenty-fecond, provided a fuf- 
ficient ftock of provifion, properly prepared, to 
carry with us, and repaired our fledges and fnow- 
thoes, we again purfued our courfe in the North 
Weft quarter; and in the afternoon {poke with a 
ftranger, an Indian, who had one of Matonabbee’s 
wives under his care. He did not remain in our 
SOMRARR above an hour, as he only {moked part 
of a few pipes with his friends, and returned 
_ to his tent, which could not be far diftant from 
the place where we lay that night, as the woman 
and 
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1771. 
en med 
January. 
