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complained of cold, and Mr. Hood offered 

 to share his buffalo robe with him at night : 

 I gave him one of two shirts which I wore, 

 whilst Hepburn in the warmth of his heart, 

 exclaimed, " How I shall love this man if 

 I find that he does not tell lies like the 

 others !" Our meals being finished, we 

 arranged that the greatest part of the things 

 should be carried to the pines the next day ; 

 and, after reading the evening service, re- 

 tired to bed full of hope. 



Early in the morning, Hepburn, Michel, 

 and myself, carried the ammunition, and 

 most of the other heavy articles, to the 

 pines. Michel was our guide, and it did 

 not occur to us at the time that his con- 

 ducting us perfectly straight was incompa- 

 tible with his story of having mistaken his 

 road in coming to us. He now informed 

 us that he had, on his way to the tent, left 

 on the hill above the pines a gun and forty- 

 eight balls, which Perrault had given to 

 him when with the rest of Mr. Franklin's 

 party, he took leave of him. It will be 

 seen, on a reference to Mr. Franklin's jour- 



