OF THE POLAR SEA. . 65 
“named Hairy Lake; and, in the evening, en- 
camped on the banks of Blackwater Creek, by 
which this lake empties itself into Sea River: 
having come during the day twenty miles and 
three quarters. 
On the morning of the Sth, we entered Sea! 
River, one of the many branches of Nelson River. 
It is about four hundred yards wide, and its 
waters are of a muddy white colour. After as- 
cending the stream for an hour or two, and pass- 
ing through Carpenter’s Lake, which is merely 
an expansion of the river to about a mile in 
breadth; we came to the Sea River Portage, 
where the boat was launched across a smooth 
rock, to avoid a fall of four or five feet. Re- 
embarking at the upper end of the portage, we 
Tan before a fresh gale through the remainder of 
Sea River, the lower part of Play Green Lake, 
and.entering Little Jack River, landed and pitched 
our tents. Here there is a small log-hut, the 
residence of a fisherman, who supplies Norway 
House with trout and sturgeon, He gave us a 
few of these fish, which afforded an acceptable 
supper. The length of our voyage this day was 
thirty-four miles. 68 ee els 
October 6.—Little Jack River is the name 
given to a channel that winds among several 
large islands which separate Upper and Lower 
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