In the An ms. 155 



Thia lake is i stensive, and large arms branch from 

 its main course indifferent directions. At thi k 

 we crossed the projecting points of land, and on 

 i >ii had to wade as before, which so wearied ■ 

 thai we rejoiced when we reached its north 

 and encamped, though our resting-place v, 

 rock. We had the happiness of finding Fontano at 

 this place. The poor fellow had passed the thn i 



ceding days without tasting food, and was exh , 



by anxiety and hunger. His Bufferings were, cod 

 ed to have been a sufficient punishment for his impru- 

 dent conduct in separating from us, and we only ad- 

 monished him to be more cautious in future. 



Saving received information that tin- hunters had 

 killed a deer, we sent three men to fetch the i 

 which was distributed between our party, and the 

 canoe m< d who had been encamped near to us. The 

 thermometer at three P.M. was 4G°, and at nine 34 . 



We commenced tin- following day by crossing a 

 lake about lour miles in Length, and then passed over 

 a Succession of rugged hills lor nearly th.' same dis- 

 tance. The men being anxious to reach some pine 



; . which they had seen on their former JOD 



walked a i[iiii B LOUgh they were Buffering from 



swelled legs and rheumatic pains ; we could not, how- 

 ever, attain the desired point, and therefore encampe t 

 on the declivity of a hill, which sheltered us from the 



