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"Tuesday 25. We rose this morning at a late hour, 

 when we visited the nets, which produced but few fish : 

 my people, indeed, partook of the stores of M. Le Roux. 

 At eleven the young Indians arrived, and reproached me 

 for having left them so far behind. They had killed two 

 swans, and brought me one of them. The wind was 

 Southerly throughout the dav, and two strong for us to 

 depart, as we were at the foot of a grand traverse. At 

 noon I had an observation, which gave 61. 29. North lati- 

 tude. Such was the state of the weather, that We could 

 not visit our nets. In the afternoon the sky darkened, 

 and there was lightning, accompanied with loud claps of 

 thunder. The wind also veered round to the Westward, 

 and blew an hurricane. 



Wednesday 26. It rained throughout the night, and till 

 eight in the morning, without any alteration in the wind. 

 The Indians went on an hunting excursion, but returned 

 altogether without success in the evening. One of them 

 was so unfortunate as to miss a moose-deer. In the after- 

 noon there were heavy showers, with thunder, &c. 



Thursday 27. We embarked before four, and hoisted 

 sail. At nine we landed to dress victuals, and wait for 

 M. Le Roux and the Indians. At eleven we proceeded 

 with fine and calm weather. At four in the afternoon a 

 light breeze sprang up to the Southward, to which we 

 spread our sail, and at half past five in the afternoon went 

 on shore for the night. We then set our nets. The Eng- 

 lish Chief and his people being quite exhausted with fa- 

 tigue, he this morning expressed his desire to remain be- 

 hind, in order to proceed to the country of the Beaver In- 

 dians, engaging at the same time that he would return to 

 Athabasca in the -course of the winter. 



Friday 28. It blew very hard throughout the night, 

 and this morning, so that we found it a business of some 

 difficulty to get to our nets ; our trouble, however, was 

 repaid by a considerable quantity of white fish, trout, &c. 

 Towards the afternoon the wind increased. Two of the 

 men who had been gathering berries saw two moose-deer, 

 with the tracks of buffaloes and rein-deer. About sun-set 

 we heard two shots, and saw a fire on the opposite side of 

 the bay ; we accordingly made a large fire also, that our 

 position might be determined. When we were all gone 

 to bed, we heard the report of a gun very near us, and in. 

 a very short time the English Chief presented himself 



