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CHAPTER XIV. 



THE SNOW-WHITE KOCK TO CARIBOU LAKE. 



Trip to the Snow- white Rock Pine Forest Character of the 

 Snow-white Rock - - Young Forest Beauty of the Scenery 

 towards the East Awful Desolation of the Country towards the 

 North and West Character of the Scene A burnt Country - 

 The burnt Portage The River at the Beginning of the burnt 

 Country Moss-covered Boulders Treacherous Walking Dif-~ 

 ference between the Country in the Valley of the Saskatchewan 

 and Table Land of Labrador A Walk through the burnt Woods- 

 Tiers of Boulders Infinite Number of Erratics Desolate Cha- 

 racter of the River Shallows River becoming impassable - 

 Caribou Lake River impassable beyond Caribou Lake Re- 

 markable Erratics ' Desolation desolate ' Caribou Moss Its 

 Uses and Beauty Lichens of Labrador Their general Diffusion. 



MR. CALEY aiid I started early in the morning of the 

 30th to visit the ' snow-white rock ' which had 

 excited our curiosity during the past two or three days, 

 being visible from an immense distance in the direction 

 of our route. We took a canoe and crossed a bay of the 

 lake, landing at the foot of a steep bank of sand, clothed 

 with willows and a few Banksian pine. Having securely 

 fastened the canoe, we ascended the bank and found 

 ourselves upon a level plateau extending to the foot 

 of a range of hills about half a mile distant, of which 

 the ' snow-white rock ' formed a part. We soon came 

 upon a well-beaten caribou track, and saw several recent 



