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balls, which Perrault had given him when with the 

 rest of Mr. Franklin's party, he took leave of him. 

 It will he seen, on a reference to Mr. Franklin's jour- 

 nal, that Perrault carried his gun and ammunition 

 with him when they parted from Michel and Bellin- 

 ger. After we had made a fire, and drank a little of 

 the country tea, Hepburn and I returned to the tent, 

 where we arrived in the evening, much exhausted with 

 our journey. Michel preferred sleeping where he was, 

 and requested us to leave him the hatchet, which we 

 did, after he had promised to come early in the morn- 

 ing to assist us in carrying the tent and bedding. 

 Mr. Hood remained in bed all day. Seeing nothing 

 of Belanger to-day, we gave him up for lost. 



On the 11th, after waiting until late in the morn- 

 ing for Michel, who did not come, Hepburn and I 

 loaded ourselves with the bedding, and accompanied 

 by Mr. Hood, set out for the pines. Mr. Hood was 

 much affected with dimness of sight, giddiness, and 

 other symptoms of extreme debility, which caused us 

 to move very Blow, and to make frequent halts. On 

 arriving at the pines, we were much alarmed to find 

 that Michel was absent. We feared that he had Lost 

 his way in coming to us in the morning, although it 

 not easy to conjecture how that could have hap- 

 j i Di dj as our footsteps of yesterday were very distinct. 

 Hepburn went hark for the tent, and returned with it 



