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1772, 
A JOURNEY, TO THE 
and iit with our backs to the wind; and in this — 
Lexr— fituation we were obliged to remain without 
May. 
June. 
3d. 
8th, 
the leaft refrefhment, till the morning of the 
third of June: in the courfe of which time the — 
wind fhifted all round the compafs, but the | 
bad weather {till continued, fo that we were con- 
ftantly obliged to fhift our pofition as the wind 
changed. a 
The weather now became more moderate, — 
though there was ftill a frefh gale from the North 
Weft, with hard froft and frequent fhowers of — 
fnow. Early in the morning, however, we pro- 
ceeded on our journey, but the wet and cold I 
had experienced the two preceding days fo be- 
numbed my lower extremities, as to render walk- 
ing for fome time very troublefome. In the 
courfe of this day’s journey we faw great num- 
bers of geefe flying to the Southward, a few of 
which we killed; but thefe were very difpropor- 
tionate to the number of mouths we had to feed, 
and to make up for our long fafting. ! 
From that time to the eighth we killed every 
day as many geefe as were fufficient to perferve 
life; but on that day we perceived plenty of deer, 
_ five of which the Indians killed, which put us — 
all into good fpirits, and the number of deer we 
-then faw afforded great hopes of more plentiful 
_ times during the remainder of our journey. It 
__is almoft needlefs to add, that people in our di- 
{trefled fituation expended a little time in eating, 
_and flicing fome of the flefh ready for drying ; 
but 
