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Harmon's journal. 



Sunday ', 21. A few days since, I sent the 

 greater part of my people to M c Leod's Lake, to 

 prepare for the voyage from that place to the 

 Rainy Lake. Tomorrow, I shall leave this place' 

 myself, in company with Mr. Quesnel and others, 

 for M c Leod's Lake. I shall take with me my lit- 

 tle son George, who was three years old last De- 

 cember, for the purpose of sending him to my 

 friends in the United States, in order that he may 

 receive an English education. Mr. J. M. Quesnel 

 will have the care of him, until he shall arrive at 

 Montreal. 



Wednesday, 24. M c Leod's Lake. I find Mr, 

 Stuart and the men very busy, in preparing for 

 the voyage to the Rainy Lake. — The spring 

 here is less advanced, by fifteen days, than it 

 was at Stuart's Lake. This great difference ol 

 climate, I conclude, is owing to the fact, that 

 this place lies nearer the mountains. 



Wednesday, May 8. People have just ar- 

 rived from Stuart's Lake, who inform me that 

 the mother of my son was delivered on the 

 25th ultimo, of a daughter, whom I name Polly 

 Harmon. 



As the ice in Peace River begins to be bad, 

 it is expected that a few days hence the navi- 

 gation will be opened, when Messrs. Stuart, 

 Quesnel, and their company, will embark, with 



