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compass, magnet, a large thermometer, and 

 a few books we had carried, having torn 

 out of these such parts as we should require 

 to work the observations for latitude and 

 longitude. I also promised, as an excite- 

 ment to the efforts in hunting, my gun to 

 St. Germain, and an ample compensation to 

 Adam, or any of the other men who should 

 kill any animals. Mr. Hood, on this occa- 

 sion, lent his gun to Michel, the Iroquois, 

 who was very eager in the chase, and often 

 successful. 



September 14. — This morning the officers 

 being assembled round a small fire, Per- 

 rault presented each of us with a small 

 piece of meat which he had saved from his 

 allowance. It was received with great 

 thankfulness, and such an act of self-denial 

 and kindness being totally unexpected in a 

 Canadian voyager, filled our eyes with 

 tears. In directing our course to a river 

 issuing from the lake, we met Credit, who 

 communicated the joyful intelligence of his 

 having killed two deer in the morning. We 

 instantly halted, and having shared the deer 



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