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Island, waiting for the arrival of the people, who 

 were left behind. But, as they had almost con- 

 stantly high winds, which, I am told, are common 

 in this late part of the season, they did hot make 

 their appearance, until the second instant. 



During the long stay which I made at that 

 unpleasant Island, we had little or nothing to eat, 

 excepting what we took from the water with our 

 nets. There were times, when we met with 

 little success. When the wind was high, we could 

 not set our nets ; and consequently took nothing. 

 One night the wind was so high, that it took the 

 only canoe which we had, to the other side of the 

 Lake, a distance of five miles, at least. We were 

 thus deprived of the means of setting our nets. 

 On the eighth day after this disaster, Provi- 

 dence sent an Indian to the place of our en- 

 campment, who lent us his canoe to go in search 

 of ours, which our people found, uninjured. 

 While we had no canoe, we were under the 

 disagreeable necessity of living upon the fish 

 which we had left on the beach, when we took 

 them in plenty. They had, by this time, become 

 almost putrid. Unsavoury, however, as they 

 were, they did not last so long as we could have 

 wished ; for, when they were expended, we had 

 nothing to eat, until a kind Providence sent a 

 black bear near our tents. One of my men fired, 



