These were perfect huts, which had been hastily built after the commencement of the last winter.

We here saw two hunters who were Chipewyan half-breeds, and made many inquiries of them respecting the countries we expected to visit, but we found them quite ignorant of every part beyond the Athabasca Lake.

They spoke of Mr.Hearne and of his companion Matonnabee, but did not add to our stock of information respecting that journey.

It had happened before their birth, but they remembered the expedition of Sir Alexander Mackenzie towards the sea.
This is a picturesque lake, about ten miles long and six broad, and receives its name from a species of fish caught in it, but not much esteemed; the residents never eat any part but the liver except through necessity, the dogs dislike even that.

The tittameg and trout are also caught in the fall of the year.