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i.il blue fii h, i semblii 

 caught in ;i Btream which flows oul i f Hui I 

 It is remarkable for the La of its dorsal fins, 



and the beauty ol >rs. 



! 1 i. —Having crossed the Hunter's Port 

 we entered the lake of the same name, bul Boon quitted 

 i; by desire of the [ndian guide, and diverged more to 

 astward, thai we might gel into the line upon 

 which our huntera had gone. Thia waa the onlj 

 sideration thai could have induced as to remoi 

 chain of small 1 inected by long portages. We 



■ : . and then were oblig 



camp to n Bl the m n. 



After Btarting we first crossed the Orkney I 

 then a portage which brought us to Sandy Lake, and 

 here we missed one of our hands of powder, which 



beersman of the canoe then recollected had 

 Li i'i yesterday. Be and two other men were sent 



irch for it, in the small canoe, The real of the 

 party pr< ceeded to the portage on the north side of 

 the Grizzle-Bear Lake, where the hunters had made 

 a deposit of i md there encamped to await 



their return, which happened at nine p, M. with the 

 powder. 



On ■ the L7th, having finished drying the 



meat, which had been retarded by the heavy BO 



of rain that fell in the morning, we embarked at one 



