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at least the dogs climb while we get off the sled and walk, at 

 the top of which we still see the hills apparently four times the 

 distance we have reached above us ; a walk of a few hundred rods 

 brings us to the opposite slope. On our left the huge mass of rock 

 that forms the greater part of the hill has been broken off or 

 rent asunder with the greatest nicety, presenting huge columns 

 of granite, more or less square, on a nearly perpendicular face of 

 rock. If you take a piece of paper (stiff writing paper is the best) 

 fold it backwards and forwards in creases about three-eighths to 

 five-eighths of an inch thick alternately, it will give you a very 

 fair representation of the cliff as I saw it : nor did I see a cor- 

 responding rent anywhere in the rock on the opposite side. We 

 now descended the slope and entered the pond-like arm of the 

 river, or lac sale, as it is here called, which signifies a salt lake, or 

 a salt water lake-like bay of the sea or river, which latter it is in this 

 case. We had a nice path across lac sale, as, in fact, we did on 

 nearly or quite all the ponds between there and our journey's end, 

 and on this little arm of the sea, not a mile in uneven extent of 

 coast line, we saw hills, cliffs, and wooded slopes on either hand 

 around, nor was the passage through which we were to pass visible 

 anywhere before us. It was a complete picture, and worthy the 

 pencil of an artist. 



We crossed a small pond directly after passing the salt lake just 

 mentioned, and enclosed, like it, with high hills on either side. 

 It was about on the same level with the water which we passed. Be- 

 tween lac sale and this pond, we found a long, narrow pass, where 

 the rocks came close to the passage with their abrupdy broken 

 sides and edges gently sloping upward to low, rounded crests on 

 either hand. Through the pass thus formed flowed a small stream 

 of water running over rocks, the bed of a brook, and evidently 

 broken pieces from the neighboring hills. It formed a pretty sight 

 to see this little stream in such a natural and yet rather unlooked-for 

 place, and the broken ice above showed the quite clear water as it 

 flowed gently beneath. 



