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heavier than tnat of Huron, which, in turn, is heavier than 

 Erie, and that a loaded canoe will draw at least two inches 

 more water in Huron than Superior. A healthier region 

 does not exist on the face of the earth, the climate at 

 midsummer is delightful beyond comparison, the air is soft 

 and bracing at the same time, and there is not a single 

 individual who has made this a summer trip, whose breast 

 did not swell with a new emotion as he inhaled the air of this 

 northern wilderness. 



On the south side of the lake, between Point Keweenaw 

 and the River St. Mary, are the Pictured Rocks, rising to an 

 elevation of from 150 to 300 feet high, without any beach 

 at their base. To the voyageur coasting along in his frail 

 canoe, they would at all times be an object of dread ; the 

 recoil of the surf, the rock-bound coast, affording for miles 

 no place of refuge. In the appearance they present from 

 their weather-worn aspects, being composed of a soft, friable 

 stone, it requires but little aid from the imagination to 

 discern in them castellated lowers, spires and pinnacles, and 

 the various forms of architecture. They have been striped 

 with various colours by mineral drippings, and from this- 

 probably has arisen their name. Beautiful caverns meet 

 the eye in every direction, and the water at their base is 

 of a deep green colour, and in many places almost fathom- 

 less close in-shore. 



The prevailing tints consist of deep brown, yellow, and 

 gray — burnt sienna and French gray predominating. There 

 are also bright blues and greens, though less frequent. They 

 are not scattered indiscriminately over the surface of the 

 rock, but are arranged in vertical and parallel bands extend- 

 ing to the water's edge. All of the tints are fresh, brilliant, 

 and distinct, and harmonize admirably with one another, 

 which, taken in connection with the grandeur of the arched 

 and caverned surfaces on which they are laid, the deep and 

 pure green of the water which heaves and swells at the 



