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displayed towards Crooks and Day, and the writer 

 must be felicitated on the just estimate of their 

 character he then formed. 



The two unhappy men were now in a more 

 grievous state than ever, and resolved to return and 

 throw themselves on the generosity of the hospitable 

 Wallah-Wallahs, in pursuit of which determination 

 they retraced their steps for eighty miles, and were 

 on the point of lea\ing the Columbia and striking 

 inland, when Stuart and his brigade of canoes 

 appeared, and the wanderers were once more in 

 safety amongst their friends, in company with 

 whom they reached Astoria on the nth of Ma)-, 

 and found that the Beaver, a vessel despatched by 

 Mr. Astor, had arrived at the settlement two days 

 previously. 



This ship brought considerable reinforcements to 

 the colony, namely, another partner, five clerks, 

 fifteen American labourers, and six Canadian 

 voyageurs. Her captain, on leaving the Columbia, 

 was to call at the Russian establishments at New 

 Archangel, then to return to Astoria, and shipping 

 all peltries, was to proceed direct to China, and 

 there dispose of his valuable cargo. Elated b)' 

 this addition to their numbers, and overjoyed at 

 the knowledge that they were not altogether for- 

 gotten by their friends, the Astorians set to work 



