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its distance from Peth-the-nueh rather more 

 than I have fixed upon. Peth-the-nueh, or 

 Owl Island, is an accumulation of trap moun- 

 tains, having their least altitude at Pipe-stone 

 Point, opposite Rein-deer Island, and their 

 greatest, at the narrow passage south of Gah- 

 houn-tchella. Its whole length east and west is 

 fifty-four geographical miles, and the breadth 

 of the lake a little beyond Mountain River, in 

 a line due south, may be fairly estimated at not 

 less than thirty-nine miles. It lies between the 

 two main shores, somewhat nearer to the north : 

 the rivers to the southward and eastward are of 

 some magnitude, and are continually resorted to 

 by the Chipewyans ; yet, though acquainted 

 with every rapid and turn in them, they were 

 unable to point out or even afford a guess at 

 their sources. The one, however, with the 

 islands at its entrance, which is laid down as 

 running into Christie's Bay, — so called after 

 Mr. Chief Factor Christie, of the Company's 

 service, whose prompt and courteous services 

 I have pleasure in again alluding to, — is often 

 visited by them in the spring, for the purpose of 

 shooting swans, with which at that season it 

 abounds. 



Continuing our course along the hard and 

 rocky line of the northern shore, we passed a 

 picturesque torrent; which, from a thread of 



