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[Qjubmitting N to the public it is conceived suitable to re- 

 mark, that it ha- been accomplished, from beginning to end 



without the use of so much a< a (Imp of ardent spirits, of any 

 kind, either by the nun upon whom the fatigues <>f tha labor 



fell, or by the gentlemen who composed the < \ploring party. 



This fact itself might be deemed an empty annunciation, were 



it not in my power to add the gratifying result, that nodimuni- 



tion of the strength or capacity of the men to perform their la- 



bot has been, at any time experienced ; nor has any sickness at 

 all supervened. At no stage of the journey, have the men, who 

 were originally engaged with a distinct understanding on this 

 point, asked for or required any liquor, or evinced any murinur- 

 ing that it had been excluded from the supplies. But even, 

 where the labor was most severe, on portages, in morasses, or 

 in crossing highlands, they have evinced a readiness, a cheerful- 

 ness, and an ability for sustaining continued fatigue, which has 

 often been the subject of remark and commendation by the 

 party^ Often when the day's work was dune, when they had 

 labored hard at the paddle or carrying-strap, and sometimes when 

 D a portion of the night had been added to it, they showed a 

 joyful spirit in the encampment. And they frequently went to 

 gather wood, after such fatigues, for supplying the night fires, 

 with the boatman's sons. 



Another fact, may, with equal pleasure, be recorded, and it 

 seems intimately connected, in its influence with the prececdmir. 

 No Sabbath day was employed in travelling. It was laid down 

 as a principle, to rest on that day, and wherever it overtook us, 

 whether on the land, or on the water, the men knew that their 

 labor would cease, and that the day would be given them for 

 S\n-\\ of them as feh the inclination, had the further pri- 

 vilege of hearing a portion of the scriptures read, or expounded, 

 or uniting in other devotional rites. There were but a f< w 



hours of a single morning and a tew hours of a -ingle evening. 

 of separate Sabbaths, at distant (Mints, which were necessarily 

 employe*! in reaching particular places. And the use <>t tl 



