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a fire, however, was not required, as we 

 served out pemmican for supper, and the 

 evening was unusually warm. 



On the following morning the breeze was 

 fresh and the waves rather high. In pad- 

 dling along the west side of Parry's Bay, 

 we saw several deer, but owing to the open- 

 ness of the country, the hunters could not 

 approach them. They killed, however, two 

 swans that were moulting, several cranes, 

 and many gray geese. We procured also 

 some caccawees, which were then moulting, 

 and assembled in immense flocks. In the 

 evening, having rounded Point Beechy, and 

 passed Hurd's Islands, we were exposed 

 to much inconvenience and danger from a 

 heavy rolling sea ; the canoes receiving 

 many severe blows, and shipping a good 

 deal of water, which induced us to encamp 

 at five P. M. opposite to Cape Croker, 

 which we had passed on the morning of the 

 12th; the channel which lay between our 

 situation and it, being about seven miles 

 wide. We had now reached the northern 

 point of entrance into this sound, which I 



