ABOUT THE ROUTE. 



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\\lh> Sun rises in 

 August. 



Slave Lake. 



It was gratifying to observe that, according to 

 this description, there was a water communica- 

 tion the whole way, with the exception of three 

 portages, probably near the height of land. 

 With this local knowledge of, I may say, every 

 inch of ground in those directions, it was not a 

 little singular that he, as well as all the rest of 

 his tribe, was utterly ignorant of the situation of 

 the Thlew-ee-choh. Not so, however, of its evil 

 qualities ; and, like the Camarade, they agreed, 



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