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fifteen miles, entering gradually into a canyon well deserving the 

 name' it bears : "Little Saguenay." The scope of these notes 

 does not permit us to dwell on the most interesting remains 

 of the glacial period to be observed there. Let it be suffi- 

 cient to say that the glacier has passed throtigh that narrow 

 valley, has notched some of the peaks in odd fashion, and left 

 numerous kames and moraines. 



A relatively good Chemin de Portage begins on the right 

 bank of the river, and ascends very quickly to a height of 1 100 

 feet where Lake Hauteur sleeps on the edge of the cliff with a 

 bald, notched and grim looking gneissic peak, sitting on its 

 silent shores. A little vigorous paddling brings us to the 

 opposite shore, where another Chemin de Portage starts. 

 This, roughly laid on the rich humus carved by the 

 royal hoof of the moose, winds for miles through the magni- 

 ficient northern forest, until we reach another small sheet of 

 water. Lake Epinette. Our aneroid now shows 1300 feet above 

 the, level of the river, and the herbaceous vegetation becomes 

 more typically boreal, as it appears by the growth of Luzula 

 parvifiora (Ehrh.) Desv., nodding its dishevelled heads over 

 cold springs, and especially Galium Kantschaticum Steller, 

 an arctic-alpine species hitherto unknown from the Laurentian 

 district. Very common is Epipactis tessellata (Lodd) A. A. 

 Eaton, all along the Chem,in de Portage. 



Numerous mosses, lichens and hepatics thrive in these 

 essentially mesophytic conditions. Sloping down damp rocks 

 are thick cushions of Sphagnum Girgensbhnii Russ., and 

 Sphagnum quinquefarium (Lindb.) Warnst., with stiff er groups 

 of Polytrichum Ohioense R. &. C. framing the reddish masses 

 oi Scapania nemorosa (L.) Dum., while the pallid Trichocolea 

 tomentella (Ehrh.) Dum., creeps in magnificent attire. 



In every fresh spot, Mnium affine Bland., Plagiothectum 

 Ruthei Limor., Brachythecium rivulare B. & S., Drepanocladus 

 uncinatus (Hedw.) Warnst., are to be found. 



The shallow margin of Lake Epinette is strewn with the 

 black alga-like masses of the hydrophytic Fontinalis Novae- 

 Angliae Sulliv. But much more interesting is the fact that the 

 line brings from a bottom of fifteen feet a compound of Dre- 

 panocladus capillifolius Warnst., and a submerged form of 

 Sphagnum subsecundum Nees., which, according to Dr. A. Leroy 

 Andrews, has been made a Warnstorfian species, namely Sphag- 

 num obesum Wils. 



To close these notes we will onlv mention a visit to Lake 

 Sept-Iles, which gave us Glyceria Torrevana (Spreng.) Hitch., 

 with the usual Eriocaulon septangulare With., and Lobelia Dort- 



