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deer on the beach before us. We accordingly checked our courfe; but
our Indians, in contending who fhould be the firft to get near thefe ani-
mals, alarmed and loft them. We, however, killed a female rein-deer,
and from the wounds in her hind-legs, it was fuppofed that fhe had been
purfued by wolves, who had devoured her young one: her udder was
full of milk, and one of the young Indians poured it among fome boiled
corn, which he ate with great delight, efteeming it a very delicious
food. At five in the afternoon we faw an animal running along the
beach, but could not determine, whether it was a grey fox or a dog.
In a fhort time we went afhore for the night, at the entrance of a {mall
river, as Ithought there might be fome natives in the vicinity of the
place. I ordered my hunters to put their fuzees in order, and gave

them ammunition to proceed on an hunting party the next day; they

were alfo inftruéted to difcover if there were any natives in the neigh-
bouring mountains. I found a {mall canoe at the edge of the woods,
which contained a paddle and a bow: it had been repaired this fpring,
and the workmanfhip of the bark excelled any that I had yet feen. We
{aw feveral encampments in the courfe of the day. The current of the
river was very flrong, and along the points equal to rapids.

The rain was very violent throughout the night, and continued ull
the afternoon of this day, when the weather began to clear, with a
ftrong, cold, and Wefterly wind. At three the Indians proceeded on
_ the hunting expedition, and at eight they returned without having met
with the leaft fuccefs; though they faw numerous tracks of the rein-
deer. They came to an old beaten road, which one of them: followed

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