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long accustomed to this frightful habit. It was also 

 attempted to explain to them that neither moon 

 nor stars are fire, as they supposed, but worlds, 

 probably inhabited like our own ; this seemed to 

 be astounding information, and the kah, kah, kahs, 

 were frequent. Attah was readily made to under- 

 stand the difference of treatment attending the practice 

 of good and evil : that if failing to do well, she would 

 be subject to fire for a long, long time ; and if doing 

 rightly, would ascend to the skies and be happy. Her 

 signs of comprehension on this occasion were touch- 

 ingly simple ; she pointed to the lips of her instructor, 

 and to her own ears, then laying one hand upon her 

 heart, with the other she took his hand, and pressed 

 it affectionately. 



On the 23rd of January a trip was taken to 

 Wootaii', the village in which Metra and Mooldooyah 

 resided. The party consisted of Captain Moore, Mr. 

 Lindsay, and myself, with some of the natives. 

 Proceeding down Emma's harbour, and for a con- 

 siderable distance up the western arm of the bay, 

 we struck right across country to the westward. 

 Soon after quitting the ice, our road wound up a 

 most tremendous ascent of between two and three 

 miles in length : all were here obliged to dismount, 

 and even assist the dogs in their labour, and we had 



