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-vandlietiae labour, and we could not furnish 
cient quantity even of this to sa- 
tsfy their desires. _We commenced our labours 
os oa 7 ee in a very wet uncomfortable 
. a a rained through the night until four 
-M. The fifth grassy lake was crossed, and 
four others, with their intervening portages, and 
we returned to the river by a portage of one thou- 
sand four hundred and fifteen paces. The width 
of the stream here is about one hundred yards, 
its banks are moderately high, and scantily 
covered with wood. We afterwards twice car- 
ried the cargoes along its banks to avoid a very 
Stony rapid, and then crossed the first Carp 
Portage in longitude 114° 2’ Ol’ W.., variation of 
the compass 32° 30' 40° E., and encamped on the 
borders of Lower Carp Lake. 
The chief having told us that this was a good 
lake for fishing, we determined on halting for a 
day or two to recruit our men, of whom three 
were lame, and several others had swelled legs. 
The chief himself went forward to look after the 
hunters, and he promised to make a fire as a sig- 
nal if they had killed any rein-deer. All the 
Indians had left us in the course of yesterday 
and to-day to seek these animals, except the 
guide Keskarrah. 
August 10.—The nets furnishing only four 
