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accordingly set out after Mr. Back, whilst we returned 

 about a mile towards the rapid, and encamped in a 

 deep valley amongst some large willows. We supped 

 on the remains of the putrid deer, and the men having 

 gone to the spot where it was found, scraped together 

 the contents of its intestines which were scattered on 

 the rock, and added them to their meal. We also 

 enjoyed the luxury to-day of eating a large quantity 

 of excellent blueberries and cranberries, (y actinium 

 vliginosum and v. Vitus idwa,) which were laid bare 

 by the melting of the snow, but nothing could allay 

 our inordinate appetites. 



In the night we heard the report of Credit's gun in 

 answer to our signal muskets, and he rejoined us in 

 the morning, but we got no intelligence of Junius. 

 We set out about an hour after daybreak, and en- 

 camped at two P.M. between the rapids ; . where the 

 liver was about one hundred and thirty yards wide, 

 being its narrowest part. 



Eight deer were seen by Michel and Credit, who 

 loitered behind the rest of the party, but they could 

 not approach them. A great many shots were tired 

 by those in the rear at partridges, but they missed, or 

 at least did not choose to add what they killed to the 

 common stuck. We subsequently learned that the 

 hunters often secreted the partridges they shot, and 

 eat them unknown to the officers. Some tripe de 



