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the kettle ; and were generally obliged to 

 lie down in their wet clothes, and conse- 

 quently suffered much from cold. 



The distance which the parties travelled 

 in their journey to and from Point Lake, 

 may be estimated at one hundred and ten 

 statute miles, which being added to the dis- 

 tances given in the preceding pages, amounts 

 to one thousand five hundred and twenty 

 miles that the expedition travelled in 1820, 

 up to the time of its residence at Fort En- 

 terprise. 



