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us to them ; and I particularly begged he 

 would employ them in hunting in our ser- 

 vice, immediately after his arrival at the 

 house. 



When Mr. Wentzel's party had been 

 supplied with ammunition, our remaining 

 stock consisted of one thousand balls, and 

 rather more than the requisite proportion 

 of powder. A bag of small shot was miss- 

 ing, and we afterwards discovered that the 

 Canadians had secreted and distributed it 

 among themselves, in order that, when pro- 

 vision should become scarce, they might 

 privately procure ducks and geese, and 

 avoid the necessity of sharing them with 

 the officers. 



The situation of our encampment was 

 ascertained to be, latitude 67° 47' 50" N., 

 longitude 115° 36' 49" W., the variation of 

 the compass 46° 25' 52" E., and dip of the 

 needle 88° 5' 07". 



It will be perceived, that the position of 

 the mouth of the river, given by our obser- 

 vations, differs widely from that assigned 



