44 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



the task, and we agreed to wait for him at 

 the rapid. It was supposed he could not 

 fail meeting with the two stragglers on his 

 way to and from Mr. Back, as it was likely 

 they would keep on the borders of the lake. 

 He accordingly set out after Mr. Back, 

 whilst we returned about a mile towards 

 the rapid, and encamped in a deep valley 

 amongst some large willows. We supped 

 on the remains of the putrid deer, and the 

 men, having gone to the spot where it was 

 found, scraped together the contents of its 

 intestines, which were scattered on the rock, 

 and added them to their meal. We also 

 enjoyed the luxury to-day of eating a large 

 quantity of excellent blue-berries and cran- 

 berries {yaccinium uliginosum and v. vitis 

 idtea), which were laid bare by the melting 

 of the snow, but nothing could allay our in- 

 ordinate appetites. 



In the night we heard the report of Cre- 

 dit's gun in answer to our signal muskets, 

 and he rejoined us in the morning, but we 

 got no intelligence of Junius. We set out 

 about an hour after daybreak, and encamped 



