38 FRKDHIK INGVAHSnN. [SEC. ARCT. EXP. FRAM 



Das Gebiet am Ausflusse des Mackenzie-Flusses aus dem Grossen 



Sklaven-See '. 



..Tin- -pot may IK- con-ideivd as the commencement of Mackenzie- 

 River. The ground is very -wampy. and nourishes willows only; lint 

 inlnnd. al a -hort distance from the beach, grow plenty of the spruce- 

 lir. poplar, a-pen. and birch-trees. 



Das Gebiet um den Great Bear Lake 2 . 



.,As has been already said, the general aspect of the 

 forest does not alter in the descent of the Mackenzie". r n it- 

 white >pruce continues to be the chief tree. In this quarter it attain- 

 a girlh of four or five feet, and a height of about sixty in a growth 

 of from two to three hundred years, as shown by the annual layers of 

 wood. One tree, cut down in a sheltered valley near Clark's Hill, 

 niea-nred the unusual length of one hundred and twenty-two feet, but 

 wa- comparatively slender. Most of the timber is twisted, particularly 

 where the trees grow in exposed situations. The Banksian pine was 

 not traced to the north of Great Bear Lake River: but the black spruce, 

 in a stunted form, is found on the borders of svamps as far as the 

 wood- extend. The dog-wood, silvery oleaster (EUcagnns (rryented), 

 Shepherdia, and Aindanchier grow on banks that in Europe would 

 be covered with gorse and broom, and the southern Salix ccuuli<l<i \> 

 replaced by the more luxuriant and much handsomer Salix speciosa, 

 which is the prince of the willow family. 



Point Separation an der Deltamiindung 4 . 



..The banks of the Hiver here, and the numerous islands, are well 



\\ I'-d. Tin- balsam poplars rise to the height of twenty feet, and the 



while .-pruce to fortv or lillv." 



. 



An der Baumgrenze zwischen Harrison Island und Reindeer-Hills . 



..The valley.- and borders of the river are well wooded, but the 

 -Mimiiil- of the eminence- prr-e.nl only scattered spruce Mrs. with stunted 

 l"p- and widely -|. reading, depressed lower branches. The Canoe-birch 



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