. The northern coasts of America and the Hudson's Bay territories [microform]. Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 192 DESOLATE SITUATION. [1820. possible," says he, " to describe my sensations as I witnessed the various unsuccessful attempts to relieve Belanger. The distance prevented my seeing distinctly what was going on, and I continued pacing up and down the rock on which I stood, regardless of the coldness of my drenched and stiffening garments. The canoe, in every attempt to reach him, was hurried down the rapid, an
. The northern coasts of America and the Hudson's Bay territories [microform]. Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 192 DESOLATE SITUATION. [1820. possible," says he, " to describe my sensations as I witnessed the various unsuccessful attempts to relieve Belanger. The distance prevented my seeing distinctly what was going on, and I continued pacing up and down the rock on which I stood, regardless of the coldness of my drenched and stiffening garments. The canoe, in every attempt to reach him, was hurried down the rapid, and was lost to view amongst the rocky islets, with a fury which seemed to threaten instant destruction; once, indeed, I fancied that I saw it overwhelmed in the waves: such an event would have been fatal to the whole party. Separated as I was from my companions, without gun, ammunition, hatchet, or the means of making a fire, and in wet clothes, my doom would have been speedily sealed. My companions, too, driven to the necessity of coasting the lake, must have sunk under the fatigue of rounding its innumerable arms and bays, which, as we learned afterwards from the Indians, are extensive. By the goodness of Providence, however, we were spared at that time, and some of us have been permitted to offer up our thanksgiving in a civilized land for the signal dehverance we then and afterwards ex- ;* On setting out next morning, Perrault brought m a fine male deer, which raised the spirits of the party, as it secured them in provisions for two days; and they trusted to support themselves for a third or. the skin which they carried with them. Having ascended the Willingham Mountains, they entered upon a rugged country, intersected by deep ravines, the passage of which was so difficult, that they could only make ten miles with great fatigue. The deer was now picked to the last morsel, and they ate pieces of the singed hide with a little tripe de roche. At other. Please not
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