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but the wind abating in the morning, we proceeded, 

 and by sunset reached the fishing huts of the Com- 

 pany at Stony Point. Here we found Mr. Andrews, 

 a clerk of the Hudson's Bay Company, who regaled 

 us with a supper of excellent white fish, for which this 

 part of Slave Lake is particularly celebrated. Two 

 men with sledges arrived soon afterwards, sent by Mr. 

 M'Vicar, who expected us about this time. We set 

 off in the morning* before day-break, with several 

 companions, and arrived at Moose-deer Island about 

 one P. M. Here we were received with the utmost 

 hospitality by Mr. M'Vicar, the chief trader of the 

 Hudson's Bay Company in this district, as well as by 

 his assistant, Mr. M'Auley. We had also the happi- 

 ness of joining our friend Mr. Back ; our feelings on 

 this occasion can be well imagined ; we were deeply 

 impressed with gratitude to him for his exertions in 

 sending the supply of food to Fort Enterprise, to 

 which, under Divine Providence, we felt the preserva- 

 tion of our lives to be owing. He gave us an affecting 

 detail of the proceedings of his party since our separa- 

 tion ; the substance of which I shall convey to the 

 reader, by the following extracts from his Journal. 



