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Indian, or vice versa. An instance of error 

 originating in this practice occurs in Hearne's 

 book, which shows that the author was not 

 always at the editor's elbow. In page 102. 

 Peeshew Lake is supposed to be the same with 

 Partridge Lake. Now Peeshew is the Cree 

 name for a lynx or cat, and the lake in question is 

 accordingly marked on the map as Cat Lake, 

 being, as we suppose, the same with Captain 

 Back's Artillery Lake. Thoy-noy-kyed Lake, 

 which Hearne draws correctly enough in his 

 original map, as discharging its waters into Slave 

 Lake, is the Lakes Aylmer and Clinton-Colden 

 of Captain Back. Tha-na-koie, as the latter 

 writes it, means " Sand-hill Mount," and is the 

 name given to the narrows between these two 

 lakes. Hearne places this spot a degree and 

 a half too far north, and seven degrees and a 

 half too far west." 



