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power of doing this was now at an end. As the ■• 

 dent could not be remedied, we turned II to the I 

 account, by making a fire of the bark and timbei 

 the broken vessel, and cooked the remainder of our 

 portable Boup and arrow-root This was a Bcanty 

 meal after three days' fasting, but it Berved to allay 

 the pangs of hunger, and enabled us to proceed at a 

 quicker pace than before. The depth of the Bnow 

 caused ua to march in [ndian file, that is, in each 

 oth< : the voyagers taking it in turn to lead 



the party. A distant objed was pointed out to this 



man in the direction we wished to take, ami Mr. Hood 

 followed immediately behind him, to renew the bear- 

 ings, and keep him from deviating more than could be 

 helped from the mark. It may be here observed, that 

 we proceeded in this manner throughout our route 

 across the barren grounds. 



In the afternoon we go! into a more hilly country, 

 where the ground was strewed with large stones. T 

 Burface of these was covered with lichens of the genua 

 gyropkorcij which tin- Canadians term tripe <l< roche. 

 A considerable quantity was gathered, and with half 

 a partridge each, (which were shot in the course of the 

 day.) furnished us with a Blender Bupper, which we 

 cooked with a few willows, dug up from beneath the 

 deep snow. We passed a comfortless night in our 

 damp clothes, hut took the precaution ing 



