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JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE

in purfuit of them, when they killed five large and two {mall ones, which
was eafily accomplifhed, as the animals had no fhelter to which they
could run for proteftion. They had, without doubt, crofled the ice
to this fpot, and the thaw coming on had detained them there, and
made them an eafy prey to the purfuer. This ifland was accordingly
named Ifle de Carrebeeuf.

I fat up the whole of this night to obferve the fetting and rifing of the
fun, That orb was beneath the horizon four hours twenty-two minutes,
and rofe North 20 Eaft by compafs. It, however, froze fo hard, that
during the fun’s difappearance the water was covered with ice half a

quarter of an inch thick.

Monday 22.

We embarked at half paft three in the morning, and rounding the out-
fide of the iflands, fteered North-Weft thirteen miles along the ice, edging
in for the main land, the wind Weft, then Weft two miles; but it blew fo
hard as to oblige us to land on an ifland at half paft nine, from whence
we could juft diftinguifh land to the South-Eaft, at the diftance of about
twelve leagues; though we could not determine, whether it was a con-
tinuation of the iflands, or the fhores of the lake.* I took an obferva-
tion at noon, which gave me 61. 53. North, the variation of the compals
being, at the fame time, about two points. M. Le Roux’s people having
provided two bags of pemacant to be left in the ifland againft their re-
turn; it was called Tle & la Cache.

* Sometimes the land looms, fo that there may be a great deception as to the diftance: and I think
this was the cafe at prefent.

*t Fith dried in the fan, and afterwards pounded for the convenience of carriage.

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