A GREAT FROZEN LAKE. 



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tunity of having a good noon-day fire, which of late had 

 been a rare luxury. 



Pushing out our canoes, we continued the traverse of 

 the coast to the westward in search of the Telzoa, but it 

 could not be found that day. 



On the morning of the following day, at the north- 

 western extremity of the lake, our course was again 

 discovered. It commenced with a wild rapid of about 



ICE ON THE SHORE OF MARKHAM LAKE. 



thirty feet fall, and this we found to be followed within 

 a distance of twenty miles by seven others, all of which 

 together aggregated a fall of about 120 feet, which took 

 us to the level of Markham Lake, named in honor of 

 Admiral A. H. Markham, R.N. 



While traversing this lake a decided change in the 

 climate was observed. For the first time since the early 

 part of the season snow-banks were seen on the hill- 

 sides, and the weather, which had been as a rule wet 



