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her no more; and as no tidings were ever 
afterwards received of her, it is molt pro- 
bable that fhe funk, and that all on board 
of her perifhed. 
This melancholy event depriving the 
unhappy wretches of all hope of ever 
being able to quit the ifland, they re- 
turned to the hut from whence they had 
come, full of horror and defpair. 
Their fir ft attention was employed, as 
may eafily be imagined, in deviling means 
of providing fubfiitence, and for repair- 
ing their hut. The twelve charges of 
powder which they had brought with 
them, foon procured them as many rain- 
deer; the illand, fortunately for them, 
abounding in thefe animals. 
Raindeer being only found in the moft 
northern parts of Europe, fuch as Lapland, 
and in the correfponding parts of Alia, 
a fhort defcription of thefe animals will, 
it is hoped, not be deemed an unpardon- 
able digrefiion. The 
