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CHAPTER XIII. 
Mr. BACK’S NARRATIVE. 
ocwrers, Mn. FrawKuin having directed me to pro- 
ceed with St. Germain, Belanger, and Beauparlant, to 
Fort Enterprize, in the hope of obtaining relief for the 
party, I took leave of my companions, and set out on 
my journey, through a very swampy country, which, 
with the cloudy state of the weather, and a keen 
north-east wind, accompanied by frequent snow show- 
ers, retarded us so much that we scarcely got more 
than four miles, when we halted for the night, and 
made a meal of tripe de roche and some old leather. 
On the 5th, we set out early, amidst extremely deep 
snow, sinking frequently in it up to the thighs, a la- 
bor in our enfeebled and almost worn-out state, that 
nothing but the cheering hopes of reaching the house, 
and affording relief to our friends, could have enabled 
us to support. As we advanced, we tound tc our mor- 
tification that the tripe de roche, hitherto our sole de- 
