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and some who had been there described the lake 

 as one extensive and uninterrupted sheet of 

 water : they also agreed in stating that it was at 

 a considerable distance, and I subsequently heard 

 that two smaller lakes intervened between that 

 and the Thlew-ee-choh. 



A line of rapids which the boat ran led us to 

 an opening or small lake four miles broad, 

 bounded on the north by a ridge of blue moun- 

 tains, named after my lamented friend Captain 

 Peter Heywood, R.N., which cut the lake at 

 a right angle. The centre, and, indeed, the 

 greater part was covered with ice; but a channel 

 of open water on the eastern shore gave me hopes 

 that we should not long have occasion for the 

 sledges. 



July 3d. — Two Indians were despatched this 

 morning in search of those who were yet absent 

 with the pemmican, whom having found a few 

 miles off, they conducted them to the encamp- 

 ment with their burdens. This precious article, 

 which, from the commencement of the winter to 

 the present moment, had been a continual subject 

 of anxietv to me, was now counted and examined, 

 and most happy was I to learn that, to all appear- 

 ance, it had been brought without injury or 

 spoliation, except in the solitary instance already 

 stated. The husband of the offender had himself 

 given the information, and lie now expressed a 



