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JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE. THROUGH THE
water mark;being ^fwe^the place where w^hadfmpsde ourdirez This
_flu£lu^ion ,muft be pccafioned by the a£H o n ;p f, the-wind upon the water,
in thofe narrow channels;,, A
As we continued onwards, towards the river,; wë Taw a canoe, well
manned, .which at firft mad®, from us with great texpeditipn, b.ut*after-
wards.waited, as if to reconnoitre ns; however, it kept q u to f, our wa^.
and allowed, qs -to pafs. The- tide being much .lower than, when we'were
here before, we were under the neceflity of landing a mile below the
village. We obferved that flakes were fixed -inr’the ground alpng the
bay, and in fbme places machines were,-faftened,to. them, as I afterwards,
learned; to intercept thedeals and otters,.; Thefe wprks a5q:ye|yi, ex ten-
five, and muft have been eredted with no common labour. - The only;,
bird we faw to-day was the white-headed eaglet
Our guide direûed us to draw the canoe out of the- reach ofiffche, tide
and to leave it. He would not wait, diowevèr; tîll this operation was
performed, and I did not -wifh to let him go alpne, Ltherefore.-followpd
him ,through a bad road encumbered with underwood. fVÏfhen we had
quitted the wood, and were in fight of the-houfes, the young man being
about fifteen or twenty paces before me, I was furprifed to fee two men
running down towards me from one of the hctufies, with daggers in their
hands and fury in their afpe£l. From, their hoftile appearance, I cpqld
not doubt of their purpofe. I therefore , flopped Ihort,*-threw down my
cloak, and put myfelf in a pofture of defence,-with my gun preferred
1 This bay was now named Mackenzie’s Outlet.
towards
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