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other occasions, we assembled in the even- 

 ing to offer up praise and thanksgiving to 

 the Almighty." 



On the 21st of September this western 

 expedition reached Fort Franklin, where 

 they had the happiness of meeting all their 

 friends, the eastern detachment under Dr. 

 Richardson having arrived on the 1st, after 

 a most successful voyage, at which we must 

 now take a passing glance. 



Dr. Richardson was much more fortunate 

 than the western party in the nature of the 

 navigation he had to perform, and of the 

 coast between the mouths of the two rivers. 

 It is a voyage of about five hundred miles, 

 which he accomplished between the 4 th of 

 July and the 8th of August. The Esqui- 

 maux they met with on various parts of the 

 coast, as well as on the islands formed by the 

 reaches of the Mackenzie River, were more 

 numerous, more peaceable, and, apparently, 

 more wealthy, than those to the westward ; 

 but, like all savage nations, they missed no 

 opportunity of stealing, while carrying on 

 barter, whatever they could lay hands on. 



