JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE
1795. our late misfortune, fron^ the'hope that it mull put at period, to our
June.
'—r v r - J voyage,particularly as we were.witfeout>gtCanoe,jao(||jiM?tBe4b;ullet&Tun%
in the river. It did not, indeed, feerri poffibleito them-that we coujdpror
ceecfunder thefe ch^umftances. cldiftened^howeve*:, tot?h^,obf§ffatidfos
that were made oh the.occafion without, replying to them, till,their panio
was difpelled, andathe^had got ithernfeI^.warnfjahidl#th6»
an hearty meal, and rum enough totaife their fpirits.' . v
I then addreffed them, by recommeridlng. them alb, too-.be thankful
for their late very narrow efeape. I'alfo ftatedj- that the navigation
was not impmftieabletin itfelf, but from our, ignorariceu-'oE itsSj courfe *
and that our . late experience would enable', us to purffie (.our-, voyag#
with greater fecurity. I brought to thfifc?;f|tdl4^W^'tthatT difeh# 5
deceive them, and that they were made acquainted with the difficulties
and dangers they :muft expe6t to encounter,^before vthey-leh-
gaged to accompany me, I.alforurged {the honour^ o f .conquering ;diP
afters, and the difgraee that Would attend them' on their rfeturn home,
without having attained the objelt of the expeditions. Nor did I fail
to mention the courage and refolution which was ffiepeouiiab boaft- pfj
the North mein and that I depended on thefta^ at that -moment, >fc®itb'd
maintenance of their charaSer. . I quieted their, apprdhenfiou. as: to,.the
lofs of the bullets, by bringing to their recollection that 'we ftill had ffiot
from which they might be manufactured. T ati thefiaine i tithe adknoW-
ledged the»difficuity o f reftoring the wreck of thei'canoe; but cmfided ip
our thill and exertion’ to put it.in fuch a ftate as wouldcarryus on to
where we might procure hark, and build, a new one. j In fliort, my harangue
rângué produced the défi red effeét, and a very general aflent appeared to
go.wherever I'fhould lead the why'/ .j
s, Vario&s opinions were oftemfcin the prefent poftare *ô^affairsj arid it
Tyàs ratherta-.general wiffi--thâ% ;the wreckcdhould be abandoned, and alt
the lading' earned; tQ,the*riveiy which; our guide-, informed tits' wa^’ât no*
great diftqnee^jand in4;he.yidnityjrfîwQod®-whereïhe beheved^there Wasà
phntyjcffufeark. Thi.s/;pr,ojé£b;feerned not' to promife that cdrtainty tm
\^hich?IJooked|ih^myf-pr0fen^ operations ; befides,.I had my doubts ref-’
peCting the viewst.of my guidé) and confequently could not confide in the
reprefentatiori he made tb me'.' I tî^refôrë difpatche'd two- of the men.
at nine in the mbrifirig, with onë, o f t^e* yotfôg Frisians,' for' I did not
•tferiWe to tihft'thd guide out or myffignt, ' iif feâfch of bark“, and to
endeavour, 'if ie^ere" poffible/ihVWe^ouiTb ofTËe datÿ^tb penetrate to*
the great rivër, into which that before us* difcharges itfelf in the.' etirec/
t'ion which the guidé- had communicated. I now joined my people,
in order to repair',' as-well' is circUmftknces would admit, our wreck o f
a canoe,- andT began to fély them the example.
.At noon I had an altitude, which gave 54. 23. North latitude. A t
four in*the afternoon'I took time, w'iththë hope that in the night I might
obtain ah obfervatioii'of Jupiter,'and biâ fatellkes/bMT had not a fuffi-
cifent horizon;, from the propincpifiy o f the mountains. The refult o f
ipy càlëulation for time was 1. 38; 28. flbw apparent time..
It now gretfr late; and' the people; who- had been lent’ on the ex-
cürfion already Imehtiohed/Wére ‘ not yet returnedy about ten o’clock, _
however,