106 THE LABKADOE PENINSULA. CHAP. vn. 



' How did he come to the Moisie ? ' 



' By the Ashwanipi Eiver, and by the Ashwanipi 

 Lake.' 



' How many portages between the lake where he win- 

 tered and the Ashwanipi Eiver ? ' 



' One.' 



' Shall we see it ? ' 



' Yes ; very low no high mountains there.' 



' Are there plenty of reindeer? your caribou, I mean.' 



'No.' 



' Any rabbits in the country where he wintered ? ' 



'No.' 



' Any ducks or geese ? ' 



4 In the spring and fall ; none now.' 



'Any fish?' 



' Some.' 



'Any bear?' 



' Very few.' 



' What is the reason why there are so few animals ? ' 



' Much of the country burnt.' 



' What ! are the trees destroyed ? ' 



1 Yes, burnt ; moss, too.' 



' Why did Domenique winter there ? ' 



' Suppose good place for marten ; Michel don't know : 

 perhaps winter come on before he got to Ashwanipi, 

 perhaps not.' 



The river where we camped at the foot of the second 

 Gorge is a torrent swiftly flowing over a gravelly bot- 

 tom, with huge boulders here and there in its bed. It 

 is about 150 yards across, and full of shoals. The 

 character of the scenery is greatly changed. Bold 



