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camped. Nets were also set in a small adjacent river. 

 We had an head wind during the greater part of the day, 

 and the weather was become so cold that the Indians were 

 obliged to make use of their mittens. In this day's pro- 

 gress we killed seven geese and six ducks. 



Sunday 7. At half past three we renewed our voyage, 

 and proceeded West-North- West one mile, round an 

 island one mile, North-West two miles and a half, South 

 by West three miles, West-South- West one mile, South- 

 West by South half a mile, North-West three miles, West- 

 North-West three miles and a half, North seven miles and 

 a half, North-West by North four miles, North two mile* 

 and a half, North-West by North two miles. The rain, 

 which had prevailed for some time, now came on with 

 such violence, that we were obliged to land and unload, to 

 prevent the goods and baggage from getting wet ; the wea- 

 ther, however, soon cleared up, so that we reloaded the 

 canoe, and got under way. W e now continued our course 

 North ten miles, West one mile and a half, and North 

 one mile and a half, when the rain came on again, and ren- 

 dered it absolutely necessary for us to get on shore for the 

 night, at about half past three. We had a strong North- 

 North-East wind throughout the day, which greatly im- 

 peded us ; M. Le Roux, however, with his party, passed 

 on in search of a landing place more agreeable to them. 

 The Indians killed a couple of geese, and as many ducks. 

 The rain continued through the remaining part of the day. 



Monday 8. The night was very boisterous, and the 

 rain did not cease till two in the afternoon of this day ; 

 but as the wind did not abate of its violence, we were pre- 

 vented from proceeding till the morrow. 



Tuesday 9. . We embarked at half past two in the morn- 

 ing, the weather being calm and foggy. Soon after our 

 two young men joined us, whom we had not seen for two 

 days ; but during their absence they had killed four beav- 

 ers and ten geese. After a course of one mile North- 

 West by North, we observed an opening on the right, 

 which we took for a fork of the river, but it proved to be 

 a lake. We returned and steered South-west by West 

 one mile and a half, West-South- West one mile and a 

 half, West one mile, when we entered a very small branch 

 of the river on the East bank ; at the mouth of which I 

 was informed there had been a carrying place, owing to 

 the quantity of drift wood, which then filled up the pas- 



