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meat. The wind during the night returned to the 

 north-west quarter, blew more violently than ever, and 

 raised a very turbulent sea. The next day did not 

 improve our condition, the snow remained on the 

 ground, and the small pools were frozen. Our hunt- 

 ers were sent out, but they returned after a fatiguing 

 day's march without having seen any animals. We 

 made a scanty meal off a handful of pemmican, after 

 which only half a bag remained. 



The wind abated after midnight, and the surf di- 

 minished rapidly, which caused us to be on the alert 

 at a very early hour on the 22d, but we had to wait 

 until six A.M. for the return of Augustus, who had 

 continued out all night on an unsuccessful pursuit of 

 deer. It appears that he walked a few miles farther 

 along the coast, than the party had done on the 18th, 

 and from a sketch he drew on the sand, we were con- 

 firmed in our former opinion that the shore inclinecj 

 more to tl"' eastward beyond Point Turnagain. Be 

 drew a river of considerable size, that dis- 

 charges its waters into Walker's Bay ; on tin 1 banks 

 of which stream he saw a piece of wood, siieh as the 

 Esquimaux use in producing lire, and other marks so 



that he supposed they had recently visited the 

 spot. We therefore left several iron materials for 

 them. < )ui- men, cheered by the prospeel of returning, 

 dnhailod with the utmost alacrity ; and, paddling 



