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polled to quit the lake, and make a portage along tl 

 land. When the party had got upon the in, 



oar guide evinced much uncertainty as to the roul 

 Be first directed as towards the west end of the lake ; 

 but when we had nearly gained that point, he discov- 

 ered a remarkable rock to the north-east, named by 

 the Indians the Rock-nest, and then recollected that 

 the Biver ran at il Our course was immedial 



ly changed to that direction, but the traverse we had 

 then to make was more dangerous than the form srone. 

 ked under us at every Bt< p, and the party 

 were obi eparate then idely to pre\ 



accidents. We landed at the first point we o>uld ap- 

 proach, but having found an open channel close to the 

 shore, we were obliged to ferry the goods across on 

 pieces of ice. The fresh meat being expended, we had 

 to make another inroad on our pounded meat. The 

 evening was very warm, and the musquitoea numeroua 

 A Large fire waa made to apprise the hunters of our 

 advance. The Bcenery of Rock-nest Lake is pictu- 

 resque, its Bhorea are rather ! pt at the Rock'a- 



t, and tv. • three emin< nces on the eastern Bide. 



The only wood is the pine, which is twenty or thirty 

 feet high, and about one foot in diameter. Our dis- 

 tance to-day was H\ mil 



July 1. — Our guide directed ua to proceed towards 

 adeep bay on the north vide of the lake, where he 



