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Dunvegan on the 16th ult. and arrived here this 

 evening, without having experienced any disaster 

 by the way. 



Saturday, May 1. Present appearances justi- 

 fy the expectation, that the ice in the river will 

 soon break up, so that our people will be able to 

 commence their journey to the Rainy Lake with 

 our returns, all of which we have sent to M c Leod's 

 Lake, together with letters to people in this coun- 

 try, and to our friends in the civilized part of the 

 world. 



Thursday, 13. The weather is fine. In the 

 early part of the day, Mr. J. Stuart, accompanied 

 by six Canadians and two of the Natives, embark- 

 ed on board of two canoes, taking with him a 

 small assortment of goods, as a kind of pocket 

 money, and provisions sufficient for a month and 

 an half. They are going to join Mr. J. G. M c Ta- 

 vish and his company, at some place on the Co- 

 lumbia River ; and to proceed with them to the 

 ocean. Should Mr. Stuart be so successful as to 

 discover a water communication, between this and 

 the Columbia, we shall, for the future, obtain our 

 yearly supply of goods by that route, and send our 

 returns out that way, to be shipped directly for 

 China, in vessels which the company, in that case, 

 design to build on the North West coast. While 

 the execution of this comprehensive plan is com- 



