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tain Franklin and Lieutenant Back, in the 

 Lion and Reliance, the two larger boats; 

 and ten, including Ooligbuck, (another Es- 

 quimaux,) to go with Dr. Richardson and 

 Mr. Kendall, in the Dolphin and Unicorn, 

 — -the former party to proceed to the west- 

 ward, the latter to the eastward, of the 

 mouth of the Mackenzie river. On the 

 28th of June they all quitted the fort, de- 

 scended the Mackenzie, and on the 4th of 

 July reached that part of the river where it 

 divides into various channels, and where 

 the two parties were to pursue different 

 directions. "We felt," says Capt. Frank- 

 lin, "that we were only separating to be 

 employed on services of equal interest ; and 

 we looked forward with delight to our next 

 meeting, when, after a successful termina- 

 tion, we might record the incidents of our 

 respective voyages." Augustus, he says, 

 was rather melancholy, as might be ex- 

 pected, on his parting from Ooligbuck, to 

 proceed he knew not whither ; but he reco- 

 vered his wonted flow of spirits by the 

 evening. 



