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1739.
July.

: JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE

day throughout the year. He found himfelf very uncomfortable in

——.— his new fituation, and pretended that he was very ill, in order that he

“Monday 6.

Tuefday 4.
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might be permitted to return to his relations. Yo prevent his efcape,

it became neceflary to keep a {tri€t watch over him during the night.

At three o'clock, in a very raw and cloudy morning, we embarked,
and fleered Weft-South-Weft four miles, Weft four miles, Weft-North-
‘Wett five miles, Weft cight miles, Weft by South fixteen miles, Weft —
twenty-feven miles, South-Weft nine miles, then Weft fix miles, and
encamped at half paft feven. We paffed through numerous iflands,
and had the ridge of {nowy mountains always in fight. Our condu@or
informed us that great numbers of bears, and {mall white buffaloes,
frequent thofe mountains, which are alfo inhabited by Indians. We
encamped ina fimilar fituation to that of the preceding evening, beneath
another high rocky hill, which I attempted to afcend, in company with
one of the hunters, but before we had got half way to the fummit, we were
almoft {uffocated by clouds of mufquitoes, and were obliged to return.
I obferved, however, that the mountains terminated here, and that a
river flowed from the Weftward: I alfo difcovered a {trong ripling
current, or rapid, which ran clofe under a {leep precipice of the hill.

We embarked at four in the morning, and croffed to the Oppo-
fite fide of the river, in confequence of the rapid; but we might
have {pared ourfelves this trouble, as there would have been no dan-
ger in continuing our courfe, without any circuitous deviation what-
ever. This circumftance convinced us of the erroneous account given °
by the natives of the great and approaching darigers of our navigation,

aim: as