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dying. Dr. Richardson, however, immediately went 
to the boy, and administere¢ some medicine which re- 
lieved his -pain, and puta stop to their mourning. 
The temperatures, this day, were at 4 A.M. 54°, three 
P.M. 72°, at seven P.M. 65°. 
On the 4th we crossed a small lake, and passed over 
in succession the,Blue Berry Cascade, and Double 
Fall Portages, where the river falls over ridges of rocks 
that completely obstruct the passage for canoes. We 
came to three strong rapids beyond these barriers, 
which were surmounted by the aid of the poles and 
lines, and then to a bend of the river in which the cas- 
cades were so frequent, that to avoid them we carried 
the canoes into a chain of small lakes. We entered 
them by a portage of nine hundred and fifty paces, 
‘and during the afternoon traversed three other grassy 
lakes, and encamped on the banks of the river, at the 
end of the Yellow-Knife Portage, of three hundred 
and fifty paces. This day’s work was very laborious 
to our men. Akaitcho, however, had directed his 
party to assist them in carrying their burdens on the 
portages, which they did cheerfully. This morning 
Mr. Back caught several fish with a fly, a method of 
fishing entirely new to the Indians; and they were 
not more delighted than astonished at his skill and 
success. The extremes of temperature to-day were 
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