RED INDIAN LAKE. 253 



Mr. Howley thought that no one but himself 

 had visited since Cormack first discovered it 

 more than seventy years ago. 



Having arrived at Millertown, the lumber 

 camp at the north-eastern end of Red Indian 

 Lake, on October 6th, I was enabled through 

 the kindness of Mr. Beeton, Lord Northcliffe's 

 agent, who put his little steamer at my disposal, 

 to reach the south-western extremity of that 

 lake early on the following afternoon. After 

 having had something to eat I put all my 

 belongings into my twentj^-foot Peterborough 

 canoe and at once commenced the ascent of 

 the Exploits River (locally known as Lloyd's 

 River). 



I had two excellent men with me, Joseph 

 Geange and Samuel Smart, both of Alexander 

 Bay, typical Newfoundlanders, strong, hardy 

 good-tempered and willing. We got on 

 splendidly together all through the trip, and 

 I never wish to meet with better companions 

 with whom to journey through a wild and 

 somewhat rough country. 



Although our progress was slow owing to the 



