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The nexl morning after rilling some casks with sail 

 for our use daring winter, we embarked to return, and 

 had descended the rrver a few miles, when turning 

 round a point, we perceived a hutl'alo plunge into the 

 river before as. Eager to secure so valuable a prize, 

 we instantly opened a fire upon him from four muskets, 

 and in a few minutes he fell, but not before he had 

 received fourteen balls. The carcass was towed to the 

 bank, and the canoe Bpeedily laden with meat 

 this piece of good fortune, we descended the stream 

 merrily, our voyagers chanting their liveli 

 On arrival al the mouth of the river, we found that 

 our nets had not produced more than enough to sup- 

 ply a scanty meal to the men whom we had Left 

 behind, hut this was now of little importance as the 

 acquisition of meat we had made, would enable us to 

 proceed without more delay to Slav.- Lake. In the 

 evening, a violent thunder-storm came on with heavy 

 rain ; thermometer 70°. 



At a very early hour on the following morning, we 

 embarked, and continued to paddle against a very 



Strong wind and high waves, under the shelter of the 



hank of the rivers, until two P. M . when having 

 arrived at a more expORed part of the stream, the 

 canoes took in so much water that we wereobli 

 di« mbark on a small island. The river here is from 

 one mile and a quarter to one mile and three-quarters 



