VI CONTENTS. 



The fur trade Climate The fisheries Our voyageurs Terraces Riv. 

 a la Chienne An Indian tombstone Les Ecrits Character of the 

 woods Cliffs Otter Head A cedar swamp Alteration of temperature 

 The Northern Lights The Pic Birds and tishes One of the party 

 ill with fever Drowned insects Pic Island Fires in the woods 

 Caribous Parus Huclsonicxis Terraces The Professor's remarks on 

 Metallic Veins Les Petits Ecrits Islands An Indian Family Usnea 

 St. Ignace Deserted Mining Location Ascent of Mt. Cambridge 

 Furrows on the beaches Masses of lichen: Ripple marks Thunder 

 Cape Fort William The Kaministiquia River The Fort Aquatic 

 Cows Excursion to Kakabeka Falls Paddles and oars The river 

 A DC charge Character of the interior of this region Heavy dew 

 The Falls 31-89 



CHAP. III. 



FORT WILLIAM BACK TO THE SAULT. 



The Pate Remarks by the Professor on the Distribution of Animals 

 and Plants Prince's Location Minerals Spar Island the Victoria 

 Islands The Professor's remarks on Mineral Veins SAVC!! on the lake 

 Structure of the P;\t,- Varieties of the lake trout Spawning of the 

 various tishes of the lake Gulls breeding Sails of birch bark Neepi- 

 gon Bay Cape Gourgan Deserted mining location Prof. Agassiz on 

 the Outlines of Continents The miner's huts Conjectures as to their 

 winter life Scudding before the wind "Dirty Water" Headwinds 

 Remarkable trap dyke Terraces measured Black River Intricacy 

 of the woods Falls of Black River Lecture on the Drift Formations 

 of the Lake The brown bear Drift wood Habits of the grouse An 

 Esquimaux dog A port in a storm Degrades Lake contrasts La 

 Vielle A sweating house Difference in vegetation Trap dykes 

 Half breeds A calm on the lake Foxes Trout fishing Michipicotin 

 again Moisture of the atmosphere Indian dogs Excursion to Michi- 

 picotin Falls Features of the country The Portage The Falls 

 Palcontological pot-holes The Sandy Islands A fox in exile " Fran- 

 9ais" and " Sauvages" Difficult embarcation Gros Cap White flow- 

 ering raspberry The outlet of the lake Arrive all together Shooting 

 the Rapids 89-123 



CHAP. IV. 



FROM THE SAULT HOMEWARDS. 



Description of Lake Superior Steamer for Sturgeon Bay Scenery of 

 the St. Mary's Straits The Bruce Mine Miners injured by an explosion 

 St. Joseph's Remarkable boulder Observations on it by the Profes- 

 sor The Theologico-geological question mooted The Grand Manitou- 

 liii The "presents" to the Indians Gross injustice of the present sys- 

 tem Penetanguishene Sturgeon Bay A rough road Change in veg- 



