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caught in it. This fish, the rnethye, is not much i - 

 teemed ; the residents never eai any part but the liver 

 except through necessity, the dogs dislike even that. 

 The tittameg and trout are also caught in the fall of 

 the year. 



On the L3th we renewed our journey, and parted 

 from Mr. Clark, to whom we were much obliged for 

 his hospitality and kindness. We soon reached the 

 Biethye Portage, and had a very pleasant ride across 

 it in our carioles. The track was good, and led 

 through groups of pines, so happily placed that it 

 would not have required a great streteh of imagina- 

 tion to fancy ourselves driving through a well arran- 



I park. We had now to cross a small lake, and 

 then gradually ascended hills beyond it, until we ar- 

 rived at the summit of a lofty chain of mountains, 

 commanding the most picturesque and romantic pros- 

 pecl we had yet seen in this country. Two ranges of 

 high hills run parallel to each other for several miles, 

 until the faint blue haze hides their particular charac- 

 ters, when they slightly change tluir course, and are 

 lost to tie' view. The B] tween them is occu- 



pied by nearly a level plain, through which a river 



pursues a meandering course, and receives supplies 



from the creeks and rills L88uing from the mountains 

 on each Bide. The prOSpecl was delightful even amid 

 the snow, and though marked with all the cheer] 



