SOURCE OP ST, Peter's river. 147 



seen a lake of this kind near the height of land on the 

 Grand Portage route. He states that " it has a peculiar suc- 

 tion or attractive power, so that it is difficult to paddle a 

 canoe over it," and further, that he himself " found it very 

 difficult to get away from this attractive power, with six 

 men and great exertion."* We observed no such attractive 

 power. 



From Rainy Lake to Lake Superior we did not meet 

 with a single quadruped. The only animals we saw were 

 about thirty or forty birds, chiefly ducks. Among the 



67. Decharge Acs Roses.f 



68. Decharge des Giandes Dalles.f 



69. Decliarge des Epinettes.f 



70. Decharge des Fossilles.-|" 



71. Decharge des Boiileaux.f 



72. Decharge Mauvaise. 



73. Dechai-ge du D^funt Bellanger.f 



74. -S 



75. C Decharge du Plalnchant. 



76. 3 



77. Portage de Plainchant. 



78. Decharge du Raccourci. 



79. Portage du Raccourci. 



80. Portage de I'lsle. 



81. Decharge du Recollect. Yards. 



82. Portage Ecarte 880 



83. Portage de la Montague - 1408 



84. Decharge du Paresseux. 



Bad as these names are, we have preferred retahiingthem, than at- 

 tempting a new nomenclature. We have not even attempted a trans- 

 lation, which, in most cases, woidd be unnecessary. 



Those rapids marked with a f were passed over by our canoes 

 without unloading. When ascending the stream the canoes are always 

 Jighlened and towed up. 



♦Voyages through the continent of North America, by Sir Alexan. 

 der Mackenzie. Philadelphia, 1802, vol. 1. p. xlviii. 



