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meat. The wind during the night returned to the 
north-west quarter, blew more violently than ever, and 
raised a very turbulent sea. The next day did not 
improve our condition, the snow remained on the 
ground, and the small pools were frozen. Our hunt- 
ers were sent out, but they returned after a fatiguing 
day’s march without having seen any animals, We 
made a scanty meal off a handful of pemmican, after 
which only half a bag remained. 
The wind abated after midnight, and the surf di- 
minished rapidly, which caused us to be on the alert 
at a very early hour on the 22d, but we had to wait 
until six A.M. for the return of Augustus, who had 
continued out all night on an unsuccessful pursuit of 
deer. It appears that he walked a few miles farther 
along the coast, than the party had done on the 18th, 
and from a sketch he drew on the sand, we were con- 
firmed in our former opinion that the shore inclined 
more to the eastward beyond Point Turnagain. He 
also drew a river of considerable size, that dis- 
charges its waters into Walker’s Bay ; on the banks 
of which stream he saw a piece of wood, such as the 
Esquimaux -use in producing fire, and other marks so 
fresh that he supposed: they had recently visited the 
spot. We therefore left several iron materials for 
them. Our men, cheered by the prospect of returning, 
embarked with the utmost alacrity ; and, paddling 
