188 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 
dark green of the pine-trees which surrounded 
them. After ascending a moderately high hill 
by a winding path through a close wood, we 
opened suddenly upon Lake Iroquois, and had a 
full view of its picturesque shores. We crossed 
it and encamped. 
Though the sky was cloudless, yet the weather 
was warm. We had the gratification of finding 
a beaten track soon after we started on the mom- 
ing of the 12th, and were thus enabled to walk 
briskly. We crossed at least twenty hills, and 
found a small lake or pool at the foot of each. 
The destructive ravages of fire were visible 
during the greater part of the day. The only 
wood we saw for miles together consisted of pine- 
trees stript of their branches and bark by this 
element : in other parts poplars alone were grow- 
ing, which we have remarked invariably to suc- 
ceed the pine after a conflagration. We walked 
twenty miles to-day, but the direct distance was 
only sixteen. 
The remains of an Indian hut were found in @ 
deep glen, and close to it was placed a pile of 
_ wood, which our companions supposed to cover a 
deposit of provision. Our Canadian voyagers, in- 
duced by their insatiable desire of procuring food, _ 
proceeded to remove the upper pieces, and exa- 
mine its contents ; when, to their surprise, they 
