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have renewed proof, that this world cannot be my 

 rest ; and I pray God to prepare me, and my dy- 

 ing brothers, for that happy abode, where a sepa- 

 ration of friends never causes the heart to bleed. 



Monday, April 15. My desire to return 

 to my native country has never been so intense, 

 since I took up my abode in the wilderness, as it 

 is now, in consequence of the peculiar situation of 

 my friends ; yet, I cannot think of doing it this 

 season, as it is absolutely necessary that I should 

 pass the ensuing summer at this place. 



I shall write to my friends below, a few days 

 hence ; and as we live in a world of disappoint- 

 ment and death, I am resolved to forward to them 

 by Mr. John Stuart, a copy of my Journal, in or- 

 der that they may know something of the manner 

 in which I have been employed, both as it res- 

 pects my temporal and spiritual concerns, while in 

 the wilderness, if I should never enjoy the inex- 

 pressible pleasure of a personal intercourse with 

 them. 



Wednesday, 24. I have just returned from 

 Stuart's Lake. While there, I agreed with Mr. 

 George M c Dougall to remain in this country two 

 years or more, as clerk to the North West com- 

 pany. He came out the last summer from Cana- 

 da, with Lord Selkirk's party, without having ob- 

 ligated himself to cdfctinue with them, for any 



