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1789.

June.

JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE

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Landed. at Some lodges of Red- Knife Indians : procure one of them to affft

in navigating the bays. Conference with the Indians. Take leave of
M. Le Roux, and continue the voyage. Different appearances of the land ;
its vegetable produce. Vifit an ifland where the wood had been felled.
Further defcription of the Coaft. Pienty of rein and moofe-deer, and
white partridges. Enter a very deep bay. Interrupted by rce. Very
blowing weather. Continue to coaft the bay. Arrive at the mouth of
ariwver. Great numbers of fifh and wild-fowl. Defcription of the land
on either fide. Curious appearance of woods that had been burned.
Came in fight of the Horn Mountain. Continue to hill gece and fwans,
&c. Voolent fiorm.

Tuckey 290 "Towarps morning, the Indians who had not been able to keep up
with us the preceding day, now joined us, and brought two fwans and a
goofe. At half paft three we re-embarked, and {teering Weft by Northa
mile and an half, with a Northerly wind, we came to the foot of a traverfe
acrofs a deep bay, Weft five miles, which receives a confiderable river at
the bottom of it; the diftance about twelve miles. The North-Weft
fide of the bay was covered with many fmall iflands that were furrounded
with ice; but the wind driving it a little off the land, we had a clear -
paflage on the infide of them. We fteered South-Weft nine miles under

fail,