NORTH WEST CONTINENT OF AMERICA.

In about three hours a man overtook us in a {mall canoe, and we
fufpeéted that his obje& was to. facilitate, in fome way or other, the
_ efcape of our condu&or. About twelve we alfo obferved an Indian

walking along the North-Eaft fhore, when the fmall canoes paddled
towards him. We accordingly followed, and found three men, three
women, and two children, who had been on an hunting expedition.
They had fome fleth of the rein‘deer, which they offered to us, but it
was fo rotten, as well as offenfive to the fmell, that we excufed our-

felves from accepting it. They had alfo their wonderful {tories of.

danger and terror, as well as their countrymen, whom we had already

feen; and we were now informed, that behind the oppofite ifland there

was a Manitoe or fpirit, in the river, which fwallowed every perfon that

approached it. As it would have emiployed half a day to have indulged

our curiofity in proceeding to examine this phenomenon, we did not.

deviate from our courfe, but left thefe people with the ulual a

and proceeded. on our voyage. Our coutfe and diftance this day were
Weft twenty-eight miles, Welt-North-Weft twenty-three miles, Welt- -
South-Weft fix miles, Weft by North five miles, South-Weft four miles, .
and encamped at eight o'clock. A fog prevailed the greater part of.

the day, with frequent fhowers of {mall rain..