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be considered as known only up to that parallel. 

 He indicates a Little Fish River as existing at 

 no great distance from Hudson's Bay, and says 

 that it is three quarters of a mile wide, which 

 as he estimates distances may be about five 

 hundred and seventy yards ; but it can scarcely 

 be the river of the same name that originates so 

 far to the westward. If the latter issues in Ches- 

 terfield inlet, it may hereafter afford a very desir- 

 able route to Great Slave Lake. Its origin is at 

 no great distance from the Lake of the Hills, as 

 the traders travel to it from the establishment at 

 the Fond du Lac in four days. It is known 

 to them by the names of Riviere Noire and 

 Thlewndiaza. 



" In conclusion we would remark, that the 

 names given by Hearne to the various lakes 

 which he saw are derived sometimes from the 

 Cree language, at other times from the northern 

 Indian ; and that his mode of writing the latter 

 is different from that which we found to be best 

 adapted to the pronunciation of the Copper 

 Indians. He spells the term for lake whole, 

 while it is written to in Captain Franklin's nar- 

 rative; and the epithet translated 'great' is spelt 

 chuck, whereas to us it sounded more like cho 

 or choh. There are likewise some evident mis- 

 takes in the names, and English is occasionally 

 employed in the text, while the map gives only 



