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Mr. Mackay to stop. This was naturally enough taken 

 for an alarm, and threw my people into great disorder. 

 When, however, I was understood, and we had mustered 

 again, our Indian informed us, that the noise we heard was 

 occasioned by a debate among the natives, whether they 

 should stop us or not. When, therefore, we had got into 

 the right road, I made such arrangements as might be ne- 

 cessary for our defence, if we should have an experimen- 

 tal proof that our late and fickle friends were converted 

 into enemies. 



Our way was through a forest of stately cedars, beneath 

 a range of lofty hills, covered with rocks, and without 

 any view 1 of the river. The path was well beaten, but 

 rendered incommodious by the large stones which lay 

 along it. 



As we were continuing our route, we all felt the sensa- 

 tion of having found a lost friend at the sight of our dog ; 

 but he appeared, in a great degree, to have lost his former 

 sagacity. He ran in a wild way backwards and forwards ; 

 and though he kept our road, I could not induce him to 

 acknowledge his master. Sometimes he seemed disposed 

 to approach as if he knew us : and then, on a sudden, he 

 would turn away, as if alarmed at our appearance. The 

 poor animal was reduced almost to a skeleton, and we 

 occasionally dropped something to support him, and by 

 degrees he recovered his former sagacity. 



When the night came on we stopped at a small distance 

 from the river, but did not venture to make a fire. Every- 

 man took his tree, and laid down in his clothes, and with 

 his arms, beneath the shade of its branches. We had 

 removed to a short distance from the path ; no centinel 

 was now appointed, and every one was left to watch for 

 his own safety. 



Friday 26. After a very restless, though undisturbed 

 night, we set forward as soon as day appeared, and walked 

 on with all possible expedition, till we got to the upper, 

 which we now called Friendly Village, and was the first 

 we visited on our outward journey. 



It was eight in the morning of a very fine day when we 

 arrived, and found a very material alteration in the place 

 since we left it. Five additional houses had been erected 

 and were filled with salmon : the increase of inhabitants 

 was in the same proportion. We were received with great 

 kindness, and a messenger was dispatched to inform the 



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