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short time enable them to give scope to 

 their natural cheerfulness, the officers en- 

 deavoured to ridicule their fears, and hap- 

 pily succeeded for the present. The man- 

 ner in which our faithful Hepburn viewed 

 the element to which he had been so long 

 accustomed, contributed not a little to make 

 them ashamed of their fears. 



On the morning of the 19th, Dr. Richard- 

 son, accompanied by Augustus, paid ano- 

 ther visit to Terregannceuck, to see if he 

 could obtain any additional information re- 

 specting the country to the eastward ; but 

 he was disappointed at finding that his af- 

 frighted family had not yet rejoined him, and 

 the old man could add nothing to his former 

 communication. The Doctor remarked 

 that Terregannceuck had a great dislike to 

 mentioning the name of the Copper-Mine 

 River, and evaded the question with much 

 dexterity as often as it was put to him ; but 

 that he willingly told the name of a river 

 to the eastward, and also of his tribe. He 

 attempted to persuade Augustus to remain 

 with him, and offered him one of his daugh- 



