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had already been so great as to justify our despair in get- 

 ting up it, if we had not been so long accustomed to sur- 

 mount it. I last night observed an emersion of Jupiter's 

 first satellite, but inadvertently went to bed, without com- 

 mitting the exact time to writing : if my memory is cor- 

 rect, it was 8. 18. 10. by the time-piece. The canoe, 

 which had been little better than a wreck, being now re- 

 paired, we proceeded Easttwo miles and a quarter, South- 

 South-East half a mile, South-East a quarter of a mile, 

 when we landed to take an altitude for time. We con- 

 tinued our route at South-East by East three quarters of a 

 mile, and landed again to determine the latitude, which is 

 55. 2. 51. To this I add, 2. 45. Southing, which will 

 make the place of taking altitude for time 55. 5. 36. with 

 which I find that ray time-piece was slow 1. 32. 23. appa- 

 rent time ; and made the longitude obtained 122. 35. 50. 

 West of Greenwich. 



From this place we proceeded East by South four miles 

 and an half, East-South-East one mile and an half, in 

 which space there falls in a small river from the East ; East 

 half a mile, South-East a mile and an half, East a quarter 

 of a mile, and encamped at seven o'clock. Mr. Mackay 

 and the hunters walked the greatest part of the day, and in 

 the course of their excursion killed a porcupine.* Here 

 we found the bed of a very large bear quite fresh. Dur- 

 ing the day several Indian encampments were seen, which 

 were of a late erection. The current had also lost some 

 of its impetuosity during the greater part of the day. 



Saturday 8. It rained and thundered through the night, 

 and at four in the morning we again encountered the cur- 

 rent. Our course was East a quarter of a mile, round to 

 South by East along a very high, white, sandy bank on the 

 East shore, three quarters of a mile, South-South-East a 

 quarter of a mile, South-South- West a quarter of a mile, 

 South-South-East one mile and a quarter, South-East two 

 miles, with a slack current ; South-East by East two miles 

 and a quarter, East a quarter of a mile, South-South-East 

 a quarter of a mile, South-East by South four miles and 

 an half, South-East one mile and an half, South-South- 



* We had been obliged to indulge our hunters with sitting idle in 

 the canoe, lest their being compelled to share in the labour of navi- 

 gating it should disgust and drive them from us. We, therefore, em- 

 ployed them as much as possible on shore, as well to procure provi- 

 sions as to lighten the canoe. 



