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or dusk, completely w with the fatigu 



the day. Michel, too, arrived ;it the same time, and 

 relieved our anxiety on his account. Be reported thai 

 he had been in ch i le deer which passed near his 



Bleeping-place in the morning, and although he did 

 not come up with them, yet that he found a wolf 

 which had been killed by the Btroke of a deer's horn, 

 ami had brought a pari "1' it. We Implicitly believed 

 this story then, hut afterwards became convinced from 

 circumstano detail of which may be spared, 



that it must have been a portion of the body ol Be- 

 langer or Perrault. A question of moment here 

 presents itself; namely, whether he actually murdered 

 e men, or either of them, or whether he found the 

 bodies on the snow. Captain Franklin, who is tip' 

 besl able to judge of this matter, from knowing their 

 situation when he parted from them, suggested the 

 former idea, and that both Belanger and Perrault had 

 a sacrificed. Winn Perrault turned back, Captain 

 Franklin watched him until In- reached a .-mall group 

 of willows, which was immediately adjoining to the fire, 

 and concealed it from view, and at this time the smoke 

 of fresh fuel was distinctly visible. Captain Franklin 

 conj that Michel having already destr yed I 



langer, completed his crime by Perrault't death, in 

 order to screen himself from detection. Although 

 this opinion is founded only mi circumstances, and is 



