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quantity of fish diminished, insomuch thatMr. Joseph Frobisher and myself were obligedto fish incessantly; and often, notwithstandingevery exertion, the men went supperless tobed. In a situation like this the Canadians arethe best men in the world; they rarely murmurat their lot, and their obedience is yieldedcheerfully.We continued fishing till the fifth of May,when we saw swans flying toward the Maligne.From this circumstance and from our knowledgeof the rapidity of the current of thatriver, we supposedit was free from ice. Inconsequence I proceeded thither, and arrivingin the course of a day's journey, found itcovered with swans, geese, and other waterfowl,with which I soon loaded my sledge, andthen returned to the fort.The passage toward the Churchill beingthus far open, we left our fort on the twentyfirstof May, forty in number, and with nogreater stock of provision than a single supper.At our place of encampment we set our netsand caught more fish than we had need of, andthe same food was plenty with us all the way.The fish were pickerel and whitefish.On the twenty-second we crossed two carrying-placesof half a mile each, through a levelcountry, with marshes on the border of theriver. The sun now appeared above the horizonat half -past eight o 'clock in the morning,6868Editor.Apparently a misprint for half -past three306