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Tuesday, 22. Messrs. J. Stuart, and H. Faries 

 and company, passed this place in four canoes, 

 with the returns, of New Caledonia and Rocky 

 Mountain Portage ; and, like many others, they 

 are on their way to the Rainy Lake. 



Saturday, June 23. The last night was so cold, 

 that the tops of our potatoes were frozen. 

 This morning, as several red deer were crossing 

 from the opposite side of the river, one of our 

 people leaped into a canoe, and pursued them, 

 and succeeded in killing one of them. 



Thursday, September 13. Two men have ar- 

 rived from New Caledonia, who bring the disa- 

 greeable intelligence, that salmon, this season, do 

 not come up the rivers of that region, as usual. 

 As this kind of fish forms the principal article of 

 food, both for the Natives and white people, it is 

 apprehended that they will all be under the ne- 

 cessity of proceeding towards the Pacific Ocean, 

 until they find a people who have been more fa- 

 voured by Providence. 



Wednesday, October 3. We have taken our 

 potatoes out of the ground, x and find, that nine 

 bushels, which we planted the 10th of may last, 

 have produced a little more than one hundred and 

 fifty bushels. The other vegetables in our garden 

 have yielded an increase, much in the same pro- 

 portion, which is sufficient proof, that the soil of 

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