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CHAP. XI. 



SHELDRAKE. GOODBOUT. MATANE. METIS. 



N several occasions, where 

 it has been my good for- 

 tune to make excursions 

 in the gulf of St. Law- 

 rence. I have fearfully ex- 

 perienced the great un- 

 certainty of being able to 

 calculate upon arriving 

 at any particular point 

 within any given time. I left my party at the 

 Mingan in the year 1852 at about 11 o'clock on a 

 Sunday morning, and dined in my own house in Quebec 

 on the following Thursday, whilst my companions, who 

 followed me, took thirteen days to traverse the same 

 distance. In 1853 we rattled down to the Mingan harbour 

 in four days, and when after our season's fishing we had to 

 retrace our steps, we took twelve long, calm sunshiny days 

 to accomplish the journey. 



It was on this occasion, I believe, that the following 



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