32 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



we must shortly come to the Copper-Mine 

 River, our course was continued in that 

 direction. The appearance of some dwarf 

 pines and willows, larger than usual, induced 

 us to suppose the river was near. We en- 

 camped early, having come eight miles. 

 Our supper consisted of tripe de roche and 

 half a partridge each. 



Our progress next day was extremely 

 slow, from the difficulty of managing the 

 canoe in passing over the hills, as the breeze 

 was fresh. Peltier, who had it in charge, 

 having received several severe falls, became 

 impatient, and insisted on leaving his bur- 

 den, as it had already been much injured 

 by the accidents of this day ; and no argu- 

 ments we could use were sufficient to pre- 

 vail on him to continue carrying it. Vail- 

 lant was, therefore, directed to take it, and 

 we proceeded forward. Having found that 

 he got on very well, and was walking even 

 faster than Mr. Hood could follow, in his 

 present debilitated state, 1 pushed forward 

 to stop the rest of the party, who had got 

 out of sight during the delay which the dis- 



