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the Indians in the fishing season reside.* All those three creeks head 

 near a lake about 30 miles long, distant from this about 50 miles where 

 the Missassaugas have two villages and where the Canadians in winter 

 send traders. Expresses in winter pass this lake on their way to Canada. 

 Set off at one o'clock, the wind off shore, rowed till two ; sailed till night ; 

 put into a deep bay ; found a creek but could not get in, the stream 

 running very rapid ; rowed further in the bay and encamped on the beach ; 

 secured the boat. From the Fat Fire Creek to this about thirty miles, 

 the shore and particularly the bays level, and good beaches for boats 

 to land and the points bluff, the lake shoal near the shore. 



15th March. — Put off as soon as day appeared and rowed till ten ; 

 passed a long point which forms two deep bays, one on either side, of 

 ten miles to the bottom. In the bay to the west falls one of the creeks 

 before mentioned, coming from near the small lake inhabited by the 

 Missassaugas. In those two bays vessels might lay secure from 

 storms on the lake, in the west bay sheltered from the S.E. and N.E. 

 winds, in the east from the VV. and N.W. winds. The point runs direct 

 into the lake for four miles at least. You can't see the bottom of the 

 east bay in passing across from the end of the point to the main. This 

 bay has a fine river falling into it from the east, which forms a basin and 

 a narrow entrance into it, occasioned by a narrow neck or sandy beach 

 between the lake and river. At 1 1 o'clock hoisted sail, the wind off shore ; 

 at 10 o'clock passed two islands, the one called St. Nicholas, the other 

 never knew a name nor did I know there was one of St. Nicholas ; St. 

 Nicholas is about one half a mile in circumference, the other about half 

 that size. St. Nicholas is about one mile from shore, the other much 

 smaller and about two miles beyond it directly out into the lake, either 

 of which would be a safe retreat for vessels in a storm, these islands are 

 about 12 miles east of the beforementioned point forming the two bays. 

 When the wind is high the boats go within two miles of the bottom of 

 these bays and drag the boats across a point of land about 200 yards 

 wide. The distance from our encampment to the point about 12 miles, 

 from the point to St. Nicholas Island about 10 miles. Continued sailing 

 till night, put in shore and encamped on a low point where we found a 

 fine creek and a good harbour in a pond for our boat. Since this morning 

 a great number of wild fowl. From the island to this is about 25 miles ; 

 the shore much the same as yesterday, the points not so bluff. 



March i6th. — Put off our boat very early, much ice which had formed 

 last night, the wind ahead and partly from the shore which partly drove 



* Long, in his travels, p. 78, and elsewhere, mentions this place by the name of 

 Pimistiscotyan Landing. He apparently resided there for some time. 



