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ing must have been at leasl as much mora We 

 much rejoiced at their arrival, and proceeded forthwith 

 to pierce the spirit cask, and issue to each of the 

 household the porti >n of rum which had been promis- 

 ed to them on the first day of the year. The Bpirits, 

 which v if, were frozen, but after standing at 



the fire for Borne time, they flowed out of the consis- 

 tency of honey. The temperature of the liquid, even 

 in this State, was BO low as instantly to convert into 

 which cond ' on the Burface of th • 

 dran 3 also adhered to the g] 



and would, doubtless, have I dily frozen had 



(hey been kept in contact with it, yet each of tie' 

 voy allowed his dram without experiencing the 



slightest inconvenience, or complaining even of the 

 tooth-acft. 



The temperature in February was considerably low- 

 er than in th<' preceding month, although not so low 

 i I December, tie- mean being — 25.3°. The great- 

 est temperature was. 1° above zero, and thelowi - .~>\^ 



below. 



( >n th<> 5th of March thr- people returned from Slave 



Lake, bringing th" remainder of our stores, consisting 

 ofa flour, thirty-six pound ir, a roll ol 



tobacco, and forty pounds of tobacco. 1 la 



letter from Mr. Weeks, wherein he denied that, he had 



ever circulated any reports to om disadvantage ; and 



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