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] N.N.W. when we trimmed our ails as harp as poible.

The ummits of the highet mountains were already whitened with the now. Thee mountains form part of a chain which extends from outh-eat to north-wet, and terminates near the farthet extremity of the harbour.

We were much gratified in viewing, from the hip, the places which we had lately viited in our excurions.

At one time we oberved a thick moke acending from the ditant country to the northward of the great lake, and oon decried five of the natives walking away from a fire which they had jut been kindling on the hore: one of them carried a fire-brand in his hand with which he lighted the flames in different places, where the fire preently caught and was almot as oon extinguihed.

We plied to windward, keeping in with the coat; as we had no danger to apprehend from approaching it.

A light breeze from the north, as well as the tide, being againt us, we could not enter the trait before night. We therefore cat anchor at the mouth of it, in a bottom of grey and, at the depth of 30 fathoms. The place where we had pitched