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bays, the entrance to the Telzoa (broad shallow river) 

 was discovered. It was indeed a great, broad and rapid 

 river, broken up into many shallow channels, whose 

 waters seemed to have been, as it were, spilled over the 

 edge of the lake in the lowest places. This was the 

 river we had set out to explore, and with nothing more 

 than conjectures as to where it would lead us, we pushed 



TELZOA RIVER. 



our canoes into the stream, and sped away to the north- 

 ward. Landings were tnade when necessary to carry on 

 the survey and examination of the country, but at other 

 times the canoes were kept in the stream, and the men 

 at the paddles. Many rapids were run, but our veteran 

 steersman Pierre, with his skill, judgment and unflinch- 

 ing nerve, was usually able to map out his course and 



