JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE

| i | Jy. miles, North-Weft fix miles, North-Weft by North four miles, and Weft
1789.

North-Weift five miles: we then paffed the mouth of a {mall river from
the North, and after doubling a point, South-Weft one mile, we paffed
the influx of another river from the South. We then continued our
i courfe North-North-Weft, with a mountain a-head, fifteen miles, when
the opening of two rivers appeared oppofite to each other: we then pro-
ceeded Welt four miles, and North-Weft thirteen miles. At eight in the
evening, we encamped on an ifland, The current. was as {trong through

the whole of this day as it had been the preceding afternoon; neverthelefs,
iH a quantity of ice appeared along the banks of the river. ‘The hunters

killed a beaver and a goofe, the former of which funk before they could
| get to him: beavers, otters, bears, &c. if fhot dead at once, remain: like
a bladder, but if there remains enough of life for them to ftruggle, they
foon fill with water and go to the bottom.

Sunday 5. The fun fet laft night at fifty-three minutes paft nine, by my watch,

_ and rofe at feven minutes before two this morning: we embarked. foon
after, {teering North-North-Weft, through iflands for five miles, and Weft —
four miles. The river then encreafed in breadth, and the current began to
flacken ina {mall degree; after the continuation of our courfe, we perceiv-
ed a ridge of high mountains before us, covered with fnow, Weft-South-
Welt ten miles, and at three-quarters. paft feven o’clock, we faw feveral
fmokes on,the North fhore, which we made every exertion to approach.
As we drew nearer, we difcoveredthe natives running about in great ap-
parent confufion; fome were making to the woods, and others hurrying
to.their canoes. Our hunters landed: before us, and addreffed the few .
that. had, not. efcaped, in the Chipewyan lan guage, which, foigreat: was

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