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white people, than with their own relations. 

 Should the couple, newly joined, not agree, they 

 are at liberty, at any time, to separate ; but no 

 part of the property, given to the parents of the 

 girl, wilt be refunded. 



Sunday , 10. Lake Winipick. In the former 

 part of the day, the people for whom I have long 

 been waiting, came up ; and soon after, I embark- 

 ed with them, and came hither. Although we are 

 not in want of provisions, yet our people have 

 killed a dog to eat, the flesh of which, they say, is 

 delicious. The dogs of this country, which resem- 

 ble wolves, differ considerably from the dogs, 

 found in the civilized part of the world. 



Monday, 11. We embarked, early in the 

 morning ; but soon, the wind blew so as to oblige 

 us to make the land, which we have done, on a 

 point that projects far into the Lake. Soon after 

 we reached the shore, a number of the Indians of 

 this quarter, who are Chippeways and Muscagoes, 

 came to pay their respects to us, to whom we gave 

 some rum, tobacco, &c. 



Sunday, 17. Entrance of the river Dauphine, 

 Lake Winipick, which we now leave to go up this 

 river, is about two hundred and fifty miles in 

 length, and from three to sixty or seventy, in 

 breadth. The country about this lake, for a consid- 

 erable distance, is low, and is overspread with 



