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miles, whiclj brings us to the Cedar !al<e. This piece of 

 water may be considered ihe grand reservoir of tlie river, 

 the main channel terminating here, and several inferior 

 streams branching off in various directions, collecting the 

 waters of numbers of smaller basins. As far as 1 could 

 ascertain, the soulh-western branch, which we followed, 

 is the largest, but it does not ajjpear to discharge one-third 

 of the water which flows from the outlet of the Cedar 

 lakci 



Our route did not enable me to see more than twelve 

 miles of the length of this lake, but it has the appearance 

 of extending much farther than this, in a winding course, 

 generally about westerly, and from one to two miles in 

 breadth. On the lower part of the lake, the lands, which 

 now form a gradual ascent from the water, are still covered 

 with pine, cedar, &c. but on proceeding upward, this is 

 Buccceded by considerable tracts of hard-wood, which are 

 separated by other spaces covered with fir, and this seems 

 to be the general character of the western end. 



At the Cedar lake, I remained nearly three days, partly 

 delayed by bad weather, but chiefly waiting the arrival of 

 a sou of the Algun<|uiu chief, named Constant Pennaissez, 

 who liad established his hunting winter (piarters here. — 

 From him I received an excellent chart, which delineated 

 the route as far as his hunting bounds extended, nearly to 

 tlic source of the Nesswabic ; but he could give no distinct 

 information as to the the situation of the portages crossing 

 the height of land. From Constant 1 learned that there 

 was a much better route from the Ottawa thus far, (ban 

 that which 1 had followed. It is by a stream entering the 

 Cfdar lake, from the north, and CDinnuiiiicating with 

 unoiher, calltil after the Indian M'ho hunts upon it, Map di 



