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VL^ojx his fulfilling his engagements 

 with us ; the inducenients we now 

 made ufe of to prevail upon him to pro- 

 ceed with us in our journey were, that 

 he fliould have my fowling-piece, fome 

 little matters in the pofleffion of captain 

 Cheap, and that we would ufe our in- 

 tereft to procure him fome fmall pecuni- 

 ary reward. 



We were now to fet oflf in the canoe, 

 in which I was to affift him in rowing. 

 Accordingly, putting from this ifiand, 

 we rowed hard all this day and the next, 

 without any thing to eat but afcrap of feal, 

 a very fmall portion of which fell to my 

 fiiare. About two hours after the clofe 

 of 4:he day, we put afliore, where vv^e 

 difcovered fix or feven wigwams. For 

 my part, my ftrength was fo exhaufted 

 with fatigue and hunger, that it would 

 have been impoffible for me to have 

 hclcl out another day at this toilforae 



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