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Eiver), which is very probably that designated in the maps as 

 Rupert's Eiver. He followed this for some distance, and camped 

 on the night of September 5th, near the Atchoukue or Seal River. 

 The next day a cold fog was succeeded by rain and snow, and 

 compelled him to stop. The Indians, fearing the rigors of the season, 

 refused to go further, assuring him that if the snow continued it 

 would be impossible for them to return. It was therefore decided 

 that the}'' should immediately retrace their way to Lake Mistassini, 

 where they arrived that night. Along the banks of the Gull 

 River the following plants were collected : — Xylosteum villosum, 

 Michx. ; Primula 3Iistassinica, Michx. ; Ledum latifolium^ 

 Ait.; Ruhus Chamcemorus, Linn,; Aster uniflorus, Michx.; 

 Carex Hichardi, Thuill. ; Betula nana, Linn. ; Myriophyllum 

 spicatum, Linn. ; Salix incana, Michx. ; Myrica Gale, Linn. ; 

 Lycopodium annotinum, Linn. 



Michaux left Lake Mistassini on the 7th of September. His 

 journey back, although difficult, was rapid ; and from the height of 

 land the descending currents of the rivers, now swollen, enabled 

 the travellers to pass down in their canoes over most of the rapids 

 where they had made portages in ascending. On the 9th of Septem- 

 ber he passed Swan Lake and camped at Monte-a-Peine, and on 

 the 10th reached the river Mistassini, and camped at night ''four 

 leagues below the Larges Rapides, near the first Weymouth pines 

 (^Pinus s^ro&t(s) which we met on our way downwards." On the 

 12th, Michaux reached Lake St. John, and two days later left for 

 Quebec; from which he returned, by way of Montreal and Lake 

 Champlain, to Philadelphia, where he arrived on the 8th of 

 December, 1792. 



" REMINISCENCES OF AMHERST COLLEGE." 



By Edward Hitchcock, D.D., LL.D.* 



This is a book which should be read by all our young natural- 

 ists, and by all connected with our colleges and schools. It shows 

 what can be done for natural science, education, and Christianity 

 by the earnest labors of a self-denying man, even under the dis- 

 advantages of poverty, want of educational privileges, and bodily 

 weakness ; and is full of suggestive hints as to the best means of 

 overcoming the difficulties which beset the pursuit of science and 

 education in this countrv. 



* Northampton, Mass., U. S. : Published by Bridgman & Childs, 1863, 



