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we could not pursue them,) three wolves 

 crossed the lake close to us. 



The night of the 7th was extremely 

 stormy, and about ten the following morn- 

 ing, on attempting to go on, we found it 

 totally impossible, being too feeble to op- 

 pose the wind and drift, which frequently 

 blew us over, and on attempting to cross 

 a small lake that lay in our way, drove us 

 faster backwards, than with every effort we 

 could get forwards ; we therefore encamped 

 under the shelter of a small clump of pines, 

 secure from the south-west storm that was 

 raging around us. In the evening, there 

 being no tripe de roche, we were compelled 

 to satisfy, or rather allay, the cravings of 

 hunger, by eating a gun cover and a pair 

 of old shoes; at this time I had scarcely 

 strength to get on my legs. 



The wind did not in the least abate 

 during the night, but in the morning of the 

 9th it changed to north-east and became 

 moderate. We took advantage of this cir- 

 cumstance, and rising with great difficulty, 

 set out ; though had it not been for the 



