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which blew violently throughout the day, attended 

 by fog and rain. Some of the men went out to hunt, 

 but they saw no other animal than a white wolf, which 

 could not be approached. The fresh meal being ex- 

 pended, a little pemmican was served out this evening. 



The gale abated on the morning of the 9th ; and 

 which it had raised, having greatly subsid 

 we embarked at Beven A.M., and after paddling three 

 or four miles, opened Sir •'. A- Gordon's Bay, into 

 which we penetrated thirteen miles, and then dis- 

 from the summil of a hill that it would 1"' 

 , t . pri cced in this direction, in Bearch of a ; 

 ou1 of the inlet. 



Our breakfast diminished our provision to two bags 

 of pemmican, and a Bingle meal of dried meat. The 

 men began to apprehend absolute want of food, and 

 we had to listen to their gloomy forebodings of the 

 deer entirely quitting the coast in a few days. As we 

 wi re embarking, however, a large hear was discovered 

 on the opposite shore, which we had the go id fortune 

 to kill ; and the Bighl of this fet meat relieved their 

 fears for the present l>r. Richardson found in the 



nach oi this animal the remains of a seal, several 



marmots, a large quantity of the liquorice root of 

 Mackenzie, which is common on these Bhores, and 

 BOme berrie8. There was also intermixed with th 

 Bubstances a small quantil 



