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wide. Its banks are of moderate height, sandy, and 

 well wooded, 



July 24. — We made more progress notwithstanding 

 the continuance of the wind. The course of the river 

 is very winding, making in one place a circuit of seven 

 or eight miles round a peninsula, which is joined to 

 the west bank by a narrow isthmus. Near the foot 

 of this elbow, a long island occupies the centre of the 

 river, which it divides into two channels. 



Soon after landing, I visited the Hudson's Bay post 

 on the same island, and engaged Pierre St. German, 

 an interpreter for the Copper Indians. We regretted 

 to find the posts of both the Companies extremely 

 bare of provision ; but as the gentleman in charge had 

 despatched men on the preceding evening, to a band 

 of Indians, in search of meat, and they promised to 

 furnish us with whatever should be brought, it was 

 deemed advisable to wait for their return, as the small- 

 est supply was now of importance in us. Advantage 

 Was takeD of the delay to repair l ffectually the canoe, 



which had been broken in the Dog Rapid. On the next 

 i ening, the men arrived with the meat, and enabled 

 .Mr. M'Cleod, of the North-Wesl Company, to furnish 



US with four hundred pounds of dried provisions. Mr. 



M'Vicar, of the Budson's Bay ( lompany, also supplied 

 one hundred and fifty pounds. This quantity we con- 

 sidered would be sufficient, until we could join thehun- 



