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selves beyond moderation. We Learned, In the even- 

 ing, thai the Canadians, with their usual thought! 



had consumed above a third of their portions of 

 meat, 



We Bet out early on the 26th, and, after walking 

 about three miles along the laki . to the rh 



which we at once recognized, from its Bize, to 1"- the 



per-Mine. [t flowed to the northward, and after 

 winding about five miles, terminated in Point Lake. 

 Its current was swift, and there were two rapids in 

 this part of its course, bul in a i could have 



crossed with ease and Bafety. These rapids, as well as 



ry other part "l the river, were carefully examined 

 in search of a ford ; but finding none, the expedients 

 occurred, of attempting to cross on a rafl made of the 

 willows which were growing there, or in a vesa I 

 framed with willows, and covered with the canvass of 

 the tents ; but both these schemes were abandoned, 

 through the obstinacy of the interpreters and the 

 most experienced voyagers, who declared that they 

 would prove inadequate to the conveyance of the 

 party, and thai much time would, be lost in the 

 attempt. The nun, in fact, did not beb'eve that this 

 was the Copper-Mine River, and bo little confide! 

 had they in our reckoning, and bo much had they be- 

 wildered themselves on the march, that Borne of them 



rted it was Eood's Stiver, and others that it 

 the Bethe-tessy, (a river which rises from a lake to the 



