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arrival there in falling Wood for builing a log
tent of clear sharp weather, wind westerly.

14th Saturday. all hands employed in building
our tent; wind in the SW quarter with sharp
frosty weather, the tracks of nothing to be seen any
where near us excepting [].

15th Sunday. all hands in the tent except Wm
Wood who went out with his gun, he returned in
the evening without any thing, he saw two deer
at which he fired, but unluckily missed them
no tracks of any thing else to be seen; redeived
from Maucocu six, and from Nannap four whole
Beaver Skins, being part of their debt to Mr. Kitchener
wind and weather as yesterday, a great quanti-
ty of snow fallen last night.

16th Monday. in the the SW quarter, the people
employed at the tent, myself out hunting, returned
to the tent in the evening with 5 white partridges
very sharp frost weather; this morning Maucocu
and Nannap left and wnt in land to look
after deer and beaver, they promised to return
to us in 11 days if they met with []

17th Tuesday. all hads still employed at the tent
wind in the SW quarter with sharp frosty weather
no tracks of any thing to be seen, about noon
Oricot reutned to us after being 8 days absent, I
recieved from him 10 rabbits and 8 3/4 whole beaver
skins in whole an half beaver.

18th Wednesday. not being able to prevail with Oricot
to accompany the people who I intend sending
down for th Provisions left by maucocu, Mitchel
Brown, Wm Thomas, & Wm Wood are this day pre-
paring themselves to set out tomorrow; wind &
weather as yesterday

19th Thursday. early this morning dispatched
Mitchel Brown, Wm Thomas & Wm Wood for the
provisions before mentioned; myself and George
Donald employed in completing our tent, which
is yet unfinished, wind and weather as yesterday.

20th Friday. wind & weather as yesterday, George
Donald employed at the tent, senf out setting
rabbit snares and setting Martins traps
a very few rabbits tracks to be seen.

21st Saturday. wind and weather as yesterday,
self out hunting, retunred in the evening with one
rabbit; George Donald at the tent all day.

22nd Sunday. wind from the Northward with very
sharp weather, self out hunting all day, George
at the tent.

23 Moonday. wind in the SW quarter with very
sharp weather, self out hunting all day, returned