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hope was entertained that they would long sur- 

 vive. One of them died on the morning of the 

 22d, and the other the last night ; and to day, 

 they were both buried in the same coffin. He 

 who gave them life, has taken it away. He had 

 an undoubted right so to do ; and though his ways 

 are to us, inscrutable, he has the best reasons for 

 whatever he does. It becomes us, therefore, 

 humbly to acquiesce in this afflictive dispensa- 

 tion. 



Thursday, May 3. This day, the ice in the 

 river broke up. 



Tuesday, 15. Early this morning, Mr. D. M c 

 Tavish and company, set out for Fort William ; 

 and this afternoon, Mr. J. Clarke and company, 

 from St. John's, passed this, on their way to the 

 Rainy Lake. But I shall remain, if providence 

 permit, at this place, during another summer. 

 The local situation is pleasant ; and we have good 

 horses, by means of which, I can, at pleasure make 

 excursions into the surrounding plains, over which 

 are scattered buffaloes, moose, red deers, ante- 

 lopes, black and grey bears, &c. I shall have no 

 intelligent companion, with whom to converse. 

 But this deficiency will be in a measure supplied, 

 by a good collection of books, with which I am 

 furnished. Were it not for this resource, many a 

 dreary day would pass over me. 



