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Fong's creek, flowing into tlie Little river. This, though 

 ihe longest, is much the smoothest route, and is always 

 followed by the Indians passing between the Ottawa and 

 the Cedar lake, with loaded canoes. It would have been 

 much the most interesting route for me, had 1 known of it 

 in time. 



One of my men having become quite lame from a hurt in 

 his foot, was obliged to remain at the Cedar lake. This 

 determined me to proceed with the four remaining hands 

 in one canoe, taking only about twenty days provisions, 

 and otherwise as light as possible. I was in hopes of being 

 able to return in that time, but the man was instructed not 

 to move farther than the Trout lake with our provisions 

 and canoe for at least thirty days, and if we had not then 

 made our appearance, he was allowed to make the best of 

 his way. In the mean time his quarters were comfortable 

 enough, being on a most excellent fishing station, and in 

 the neighborhood of the friendly Pennaissez. 



There is still a continuation of I'apids for four or five 

 miles on the small river, which we now began to ascend. 

 To surmount these, a good wide portage road has been 

 formed north of the channel, through a stony hard-wood 

 tract, in which three small lakes are crossed, and this at 

 length brings us to the elevated country. Hard-wood now 

 appears to be the general gro^vth wherever a view is 

 obtained a few hundred yards inland beyond the firs and 

 cedars, which here, as in other parts of Canada, commonly 

 skirt the waters. 



There is, however, little extent of rising ground to be 

 seen from this stream of water, tlie hollow which it occupies 

 forming but a trivial interruption to the general level face 

 of the country. In a few miles it ceases to have a regular 



