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to be numerous, as at this season, red raspberries, 

 and other kinds of fruit, are ripe, and exist here 

 in abundance. 



Sunday, 3. In walking in the adjacent coun- 

 try, I saw the bushes and brambles loaded with 

 ripe fruit. While partaking of it, I was led to 

 reflect on the beneficence of the great Authour of 

 nature, who scatters his favours with an unsparing 

 hand, and spreads a table here in the wilderness, 

 for the refreshment of his creatures. 



This is the first day which I have ever spent, 

 since my infancy, without eating either bread or 

 biscuit. As a substitute for bread, we now make 

 use of what the Natives call pimican^ which con- 

 sists of lean meat, dried and pounded fine, and 

 then mixed with melted fat. This compound is 

 put into bags, made of the skins of the buffaloe, 

 &c. and when cold, it becomes a solid body. If 

 kept in a dry place, it will continue good for years. 

 But, if exposed to moisture, it will soon become 

 musty, and unfit for use. Pimican is a very pala- 

 table, nourishing and healthy food ; and on it, our 

 Voyagers subsist, while travelling in this country. 

 Sometimes we add to the two above named ingre- 

 dients, sugar or dried berries, which we procure 



from the Natives ; and the taste of it is thus very 

 much improved. 



Monday, 4. I have visited the Hudson Bay 



