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found filled with insects, which appear to 

 exist in abundance under the ice during the 

 winter. 



On the 22d a moose-deer was killed at 

 the distance of forty-five miles ; St. Ger- 

 main went for it with a dog-sledge, and 

 returned with unusual expedition on the 

 morning of the third day. This supply 

 was soon exhausted, and we passed the 

 27th without eating, with the prospect of 

 fasting a day or two longer, when old Kes- 

 karrah entered with the, unexpected intel- 

 ligence of having killed a deer. It was 

 divided betwixt our own family and the In- 

 dians, and during the night a seasonable 

 supply arrived from Akaitcho. Augustus 

 returned with the men who brought it, much 

 pleased with the attention he had received 

 from the Indians during his visit to Akait- 

 cho. 



Next day Mr. Wentzel set out with every 

 man that we could spare from the fort, for 

 the purpose of bringing meat from the In- 

 dians as fast as it could be procured. Dr. 

 Richardson followed them two days after- 



