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with maggots, and half putrid. The entrails 

 of the fish were spread out to dry. A 

 great many skins of small birds were hung 

 up to a stage, and even two mice were pre- 

 served in the same way. Thus it would 

 appear that the necessities of these poor 

 people induce them to preserve every 

 article that can be possibly used as food. 

 Several human skulls which bore the marks 

 of violence, and many bones, were strewed 

 about the ground near the encampment, 

 and as the spot exactly answers the descrip- 

 tion given by Mr. Hearne, of the place 

 where the Chipewyans who accompanied 

 him perpetrated the dreadful massacre on 

 the Esquimaux, we had no doubt of this 

 being the place, notwithstanding the differ- 

 ence in its position as to latitude and longi- 

 tude given by him, and ascertained by our 

 observation. We have, therefore, preserved 

 the appellation of Bloody Fall, which he 

 bestowed upon it. Its situation by our 

 observations is, in latitude 67° 42' 35" N., 

 longitude 115° 49' S3" W., variation 50° 20' 

 14" E. This rapid is a sort of shelving 



