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power of doing this was now at anend. As the acci- 
dent could not be remedied, we turned it to the best 
account, by making a fire of the bark and timbers of 
the broken vessel, and cooked the remainder of our 
portable soup. and arrow-root, This was a scanty 
meal after three days’ fasting, but it served to allay 
the pangs of hunger, and enabled us to proceed at a 
quicker pace than before. The depth of the snow 
caused us to march in Indian file, that is, in each 
other’s steps ; the voyagers taking it in turn to lead 
the party. A distant object was pointed out to this 
man in the direction we wished to take, and Mr. Hood 
followed immediately behind him, to renew the bear- 
ings, and keep him from deviating more than could be 
helped from the mark, It may be here observed, that 
we proceeded in this manner throughout our monte 
across the barren grounds. ‘ 
In the afternoon we got into a more hilly country, 
where the ground was strewed with large stones. The 
surface of these was covered with lichens of the genus 
gyrophora, which the Canadians term tripe de roche. 
A considerable quantity was gathered, and with half 
a partridge cach, (which were shot in the course of the 
day,) furnished us with a slender supper, which we 
cooked with a few willows, dug up from beneath the 
deep snow. We passed a comfortless night in our 
damp clothes, but took the precaution of sleeping 
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