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temporary sacrifice of abandoning a com- 

 fortable situation on shore, which his former 

 services had earned for him, and the still 

 greater sacrifice of leaving behind him a 

 wife and family ; so anxious was he to com- 

 plete the geography, and the natural history 

 of that particular portion of the North 

 American continent lying between the rivers 

 of Hearne and Mackenzie, which he had 

 but partially accomplished on the first jour- 

 ney, but which he has successfully done on 

 the second, as the volume now on our table 

 bears ample testimony. 



