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the stream : but in return for faithful service in 

 arduous undertakings — in commemoration of many 

 scenes of toil and privation through which she and 

 our little band had passed — she was deposited with 

 care and ceremony in her last resting-place. 



On the left bank of the Mackenzie in latitude 

 68° 44' 25" N., longitude 135° 44' 42" W., was 

 upreared the "Logan," overlooking that element 

 whose bosom she had so often pressed in storm 

 and in tranquillity ; resting upon ice, to whose rude 

 shocks she was no stranger, and supported in her 

 upright position by shores of drift-timber, such as 

 had marked, for many a mile, the coast along which 

 she had passed. I planted a few flowers in the 

 mould which had been placed in the end which was 

 embedded in the ground ; may each succeeding 

 spring behold them blossom anew. 



Our ascent of the Mackenzie varied little from 

 the same journey last year, and, strange to say, we 

 again entered the Peel River unintentionally, although 

 endeavouring to avoid it, but the numerous channels 

 below Point Separation are provocative of error. On 

 the 7th of September Fort M'Pherson was reached, 

 and we were welcomed by Mr. Alexander M'Kenzie, 

 the officer of the Hudson's Bay Company, in tem- 

 porary charge of the post. Here I received, from the 



