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the fire about two hours’ earlier, and as he had not 
arrived, he supposed he had gone astray. It will be 
seen in the sequel, that we had more than sufficient 
reason to doubt the truth of this story. 
Michel now produced a hare and a partridge which 
he had killed in the morning. This unexpected sup- 
ply of provision was received by us with a deep sense 
of gratitude to the Almighty for his goodness, and we 
looked upon Michel as the instrument he had- chosen 
to preserve all our lives. He complained of cold, and 
Mr. Hood offered to share his buffalo robe with him 
at night : I gave him one of two shirts which I wore, 
whilst Hepburn, in the warmth of his heart, ex- 
claimed, “* How I shall love this man if I find that 
he does not tell lies like the others.” Our meals 
being finished, we arranged that the greatest part of 
the things should be carried to the pines the next day ; 
and after reading the evening service, retired to bed 
full of hope. 
Early in the morning Hepburn, Michel, and my- 
self, carried the ammunition, and most of the other 
heavy articles to the pines, Michel was our guide, 
and it did not’occur to us at the time that his con- 
ducting us perfectly straight was incompatible with 
his story of having gone astray on his way tous. He 
now informed us that he had, on his way to the tent, 
left on the hill above the pines a gun and forty-eight 
