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salmon at several neighbouring villages, whose in- 

 habitants flock to this place, in hopes of obtaining 

 a subsistence, during the winter. 



Saturday, January 7, 1815. On the 29th ult. 

 I accompanied my two friends to Stuart's Lake, 

 where we passed the holidays together, in the in- 

 tercourse of an intimate and endearing friendship. 

 Each related how he had passed his youthful days, 

 and even in what manner he had lived to the pre- 

 sent hour ; and we all readily acknowledged, that 

 our lives had been very different from what we 

 then wished they had been. I hope and believe, 

 that w T e all parted, fully determined on a thorough 

 reformation of conduct. May none of us fail to 

 carry this resolution into effect. 



Friday, February 3. During the whole of the 

 last month, it has been the coldest weather, by 

 far, that I have e, ver experienced, in New Cale- 

 donia. 



On the 11th ult. accompanied by six of my 

 people and two of the Natives, I set out to visit 

 the lands of the Nas-koo-tains, which lie along 

 Frazer's River. This river Mr. Stuart followed 

 some distance, when he left this place to pro- 

 ceed to the Columbia River. The above men- 

 tioned Indians never had any intercourse with the 

 white people, until I went among them. We 

 reached their first village, on the 19th ; but as 



