In the Arctit /.'• 247 



The next morning the net furnished us witl 

 white fish and trout Saving made a further d 



d work for the Esquimaux, we pursued our voy- 

 ip the river, but the shoals and rapids in this part 

 so frequent, that we walked along the hanks the 

 whole day, and the crews labored hard in carrying the 

 canoi a thus lightened over the Bhoalti them 



up tli >ur journey in a direct lin< 



about Beven miles. In the evening we encamped at 

 wer end of a narrow chasm through which the 

 river flows for upwards of a mil T • walls of this 

 chasm are upwards of two hundred feet high, quite 

 perpendicular, and in - only a few yards 



apart. The river precipital into it over a i 



forming two magnificent and picturesque falls cl 

 each other. The upper fall is about sixty feet high, 

 and the lower one at least one hundred, but perhaps 

 considerably more, for the Darrowness of the chasm 

 into which it fell prevented us from seeing its bottom, 

 and we could merely discern the top of the spray far 

 beneath our feet The lowi r fall is divided into 

 by an insulated column of rock which rises about 



it. The whole descent of the river at this 

 place probabl • Is two hundred and 



The rock is very fine f< Ispathoe It has a 



smooth Bnrface and a light red color. I have named 

 these magnifi " Wilberforce Falls," as a 



