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substantially, for her trip up the Slave River to Fort Smith, so 
that it was late on the 27th before we were again under wav. 
At Resolution I learned with regret that many of my faith- 
ful dogs had died during the summer under the care which they 
had received, but the survivors were placed in our canoes and 
taken with us. 
On the evening of the 30th, when about half way to Fort 
Smith, we were again doomed to misfortune. This time it was 
our engine that broke down, and one day was lost in repairing 
it. Besides, her steam capacity was seriously affected through 
the accident, so that it was the evening of the 4th when we 
reached Smith, and the roth, when with our three canoes, we 
sailed up to Chippewyan. Through our unfortunate 
steamboat experiences we had lost just ten days on our reckon- 
ing and were consequently too late, by all accounts, to reach 
Athabasca Landing by open water. I decided, therefore, to 
accept what seemed the inevitable and remain at Chippewyan, 
where we could obtain supplies and lodgings until such time as 
we might be able to proceed with our dogs. This we did, and 
through the kindness of Mr. Drever, Colin Fraser, Rev. Mr. 
Warwick and others, our stay was made very pleasant indeed. 
By November 14th the lake ice had become set and sufh- 
ciently strong to admit of our passage, so with three teams of 
our own. and two others which I hired to assist us, we set out 
upon the final stage of our journey, and without entering into 
details thereof arrived at Edmonton on December 6th, nine 
months and twelve days from the date of our departure. 
SUMMARY NOTES. 
Two more important material results derived from my ex- 
plorations are briefly as follows: , 
The obtaining of a correct topographical map of the routes 
traversed, in connection with which may be mentioned the dis- 
covery of the Thelon River—one of the finest in Canada—navi- 
gable for river steamers or other boats of light draught all the 
way from Hudson Bay to the forks of the Hanbury River, a 
distance of 550 miles, excepting perhaps the two rapids on the 
