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gun to Michel, the Iroquois, who was very eager in 
the chase, and often successful. 
September 14.—This morning the officers being as- 
sembled round a small fire, Perrault presented each 
of us with a small piece of meat which he had saved 
from his allowance. It was received with great thank- 
fulness, and such an act of self-denial and kindness, 
being totally unexpected in a Canadian voyager, filled 
our eyes with tears. In directing our course to a river 
issuing from the lake, we met Crédit, who communi- 
cated the joyful intelligence of his having killed two 
deer in the morning. We instantly halted, and hav- 
ing shared the deer that was nearest to us, prepared 
breakfast. After which, the other deer was sent for, 
and we went down to the river, which was about three 
hundred yards wide, and flowed with great velocity 
through a broken rocky channel. Having searched 
for a part where the current was most smooth, the 
canoe was placed in the water at the head of a rapid, 
and St. Germain, Solomon, Belanger, and-I, embarked 
in order to cross. We went from the shore very well, 
but in mid-channel the canoe became difficult to man- 
age under our burden, as the breeze was fresh. The 
current drove us to the edge of the rapid, when Be- 
langer unfortunately applied his paddle to avert the 
apparent danger of being forced down it, and lost his 
balance. The canoe was overset in consequence in 
