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we took our station for the night and set the nets. The 

 current was very strong all day, and we found it very diffi- 

 cult to walk along the beach, from the large stones which 

 were scattered over it. 



Wednesday 5. We raised our nets but had not the good 

 fortune to take a single fish. The water was now becom© 

 so low that the eddy currents would not admit of setting 

 them. The current had not relaxed its strength ; and the 

 ■ difficulty of walking along the beach was continued.. The 

 air was now become so cold, that our exercise, violent as 

 it was, scarce kept us warm. We passed several points 

 which we should not have accomplished, rf the canoe had 

 been loaded. We were very much fatigued, and at six 

 were glad to conclude our toilsome march. The Indians 

 killed two geese. The women who did not quit the canoe, 

 were continually employed in making shoes of moose-skin, 

 for the men, as a pair did not last more than a day. 



Thursday 6. The rain prevented us from proceeding 

 till half past six, when we had a strong aft wind, which, 

 aided by ihe paddles, drove us on at a great rate. We 

 encamped at six to wait for our Indians, whom we had 

 not seen since the morning ; and at half past seven they 

 arrived very much dissatisfied with their day's journey. 

 Two days had now elapsed since we had seen the least ap- 

 pearance of Indian habitations. 



Friday 7. We embarked at half past three, and soon 

 after perceived two rein-deer on the beach before us. We 

 accordingly checked our course - r but our Indians, in con- 

 tending who should be the first to get near these animals*, 

 alarmed and lost them. We, however, killed a female 

 rein-deer, and from the wounds in her hind-legs, it was 

 supposed that she had been pursued by wolves, who had 

 devoured her young one : her udder was full of milk, and 

 One of the young Indians poured it among some boiled 

 corn, which he ate with great delight, esteeming it a very 

 delicious food. At five in the afternoon we saw an animal 

 running along the beach, but could not determine, whe- 

 ther it was a grey fox or a dog* In a short time we went 

 ashore for the night, at the entrance of a small river, as 1 

 thought there might be some natives in the vicinity of the 

 place. I ordered my hunters to put their fuzees in order, 

 and gaVe them ammunition to proceed on an hunting party 

 the next day ; they were also instructed to discover if 

 there were any natives in the neighbouring mountains. % 



