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detail the events of the remainder of the voyage 

 in form of a daily journal. To have given a full 

 account of the country travelled through between 

 New York and the Saskatchewan, would have 

 swelled the work to an inconvenient size ; and I 

 must, therefore, refer the reader, who wishes to 

 have a physical description of that part of the con- 

 tinent, to Sir Charles Lyell's accounts of his recent 

 visits to the United States, to Professor Agassiz's 

 description of Lake Superior, and to Major Long's 

 voyage to the St. Peter's, Red River, and River 

 Winipeg. The Appendix to the present work also 

 contains a summary of the physical geography of 

 North America, wherein the lake basins of the St. 

 Lawrence and Winipeg or Saskatchewan are par- 

 ticularly noticed. This may be consulted by the 

 reader before he enters upon the narrative of the 

 voyage, and I shall give in this place a few remarks, 

 by way of preface to the botanical and geological 

 notices which follow in the journal. 



On the bluff granitic promontories and bold 

 acclivities which form the northern shore of Lake 



Buffalo to Detroit _ _ _ 



Detroit to Saut Ste. Marie 

 Saut Ste. Marie to Fort William - 

 Fort William to Cumberland House (Frank- 

 lin's second journey) - - - 



2,880 

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