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supply failed. Mr. Peck writes : "No fish, no par- 

 tridges, no other native fresh food could be got, 

 and my dear one's illness assumed an alarming 

 aspect which came to a crisis in the month of Febru- 

 ary. I tried every possible means to restore her 

 strength, but without avail. 



" Shut in as we were with ice and snow, we had 

 to wait until the month of June before we could 

 think of attempting the journey to Moose, where 

 only we could secure medical advice and help. 



" But when June at last arrived, through the 

 unfailing kindness of Mr. Miles Spencer a boat was 

 prepared for the voyage. We made a kind of tent 

 in the central part of the boat, in which we arranged 

 some bedding as best we could in the narrow 

 cramped quarters, and on this we laid Mrs. Peck 

 and the children. 



" The journey south was an awful one for an 

 invalid. We travelled as far as possible each day, 

 then made close in for the shore, and pitched our 

 tent on the land. 



" At some points we found the driven ice packed 

 so close into the shore, that we had to hack a way 

 in for the boat with axes. 



" We made a short stay at Rupert House, one 

 of the posts of the Hudson's Bay Company, and 

 at last arrived at Moose. We had traversed 350 

 miles in the way described, and then it was found 

 to be absolutely necessary, on account of Mrs. 



