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mile beyond this where the shore turns and runs about north-east, whence 

 it is a broken shore with a bank of seven or eight feet and no landing 

 with boats for ten miles. In windy weather a boat may go up this river 

 lO or 13 miles, whence there is a carrying place of 13 miles into the river 

 Tranche, which falls into the lake of St. Clair. After you enter the river 

 about 400 yards it forms a lake or pond of four miles over and six long. 

 Between it and the lake is a narrow neck of land of 400 yards wide,covered 

 with a few trees and reedy grass ; on this the Indians hut in the fishing 

 season. This pond in the season has great numbers of all sorts of water 

 fowl. Round this lake or pond a quantity of hay might be made. 

 This morning about seven, the weather being clear and little or no wind, 

 we saw the spray or mist of the Fall of Niagara, being from this about 

 south-east. A canoe with Missassaugas came to us, gave me ducks, in 

 return gave them powder and shot and bread, they being out of ammuni- 

 tion, I learned from them that Joseph Brant had left his boat here and 

 took two canoes 1 1 days ago. 



Head of the Lake, nth March. — Got up at daylight, wind still ahead 

 and too hard to put out ; amused ourselves shooting ducks and blackbirds. 

 Set in raining at ten this morning. An hour before sunset a thunder 

 gust with lightning and a heavy rain. Thick fog and calm, though still 

 a high swell. Set off a little before sunset. Half an hour out fog cleared 

 off with a hard north-west wind very squally, could not sail, rowed till 

 eight o'clock, the wind and swell too high to go any further this night ; 

 put into the 12 Mile Creek with much difficulty. Got into the creek, 

 obliged to drag the boat, water sufficient, but a fall in the mouth of the 

 creek ; ten o'clock at night before we could kindle a fire ; the ground and 

 wood wet ; encamped on a bare point. The wind blew down our tent. 

 Up this creek a sawmill might be erected, having fine rapids and good 

 timber for boards. This creek in the fall is filled with salmon, as all 

 the other large runs of water are in the fall season. From Niagara to 

 this the lake shallow near the shore, though good anchoring ground off in 

 the lake, 



I2th March. — Set off at seven o'clock this morning; the wind at N,W,; 

 too much off shore to sail ; rowed till 1 1 o'clock ; put into the river 

 called the Credit, 17 miles from the last station. The shore in general 

 good for boats to land ; the land low and a good beach, except the points, 

 which are bluff. Two Missassaugas came to me and informed me a 

 number of them lived up this river. Gave them bread and put off at 12; 

 rowed to the bay above Toronto ; hoisted sail : found the wind too high 

 to go round the long point forming the basin or bay below Toronto, 

 Continuing sailing down the bay to the camping place, unloaded the 



