lOO EXPEDITION TO THE 



other rapids of the river, is at times much finer than it 

 was when we saw it, for the stream was considered 

 low. Its depth varied much ; in the lakes it was some- 

 times eight, ten, or twenty feet deep, while at the rapids 

 the rock was almost bare. From the water-marks observ- 

 ed on the banks, it appears that, in times of flood, the sur- 

 face is elevated from five to nine feet, (according to the 

 breadth of the river,) above the level at which we saw it. 



Two and a half miles above this fall we reached another, 

 which, for beauty, is second only to the lower falls. It is 

 formed by two chains of rocks stretching across the stream ; 

 the upper one occasions a cascade of about ten feet, and 

 the lower one of fifteen ; the length of the falls, including 

 all the rapids, is about two hundred yards ; the breadth of 

 the stream about one hundred and fifty. The lower sheet 

 of water is divided into three parts by two islands, and 

 the effect is quite picturesque ; the foam produced by these 

 two falls, exceeds that observed at any other, and imparts 

 to the river, for a certain distance, a white, milky aspect. 

 Mr. Seymour's view of this fall, which we have called the 

 Upper Falls of the Winnepeek, was not taken at a favour- 

 able spot, as the rocky nature of the bank prevented him 

 from landing at a place from which an advantageous view 

 of both the falls could be obtained. The Bois brules call 

 this the fall of the "petite pointe de Bois." A short dis- 

 tance above this, another, called Jack's fall Avas seen, which 

 was also very fine. On the 23d we passed six portages and 

 one towing place. The distance travelled was thirty-two 

 miles, and on the first twenty, the fall in the river could 

 not have been less than one hundred and fifty feet. 



After passing Jack's falls, a great change in the appear- 

 ance of the river was observed, and was distinctly traced 

 to a difference in the nature of the rock. The granite and 



