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quartz reflecting the many colors of the evening; and in 

 the foreground, the dark pines of Lacloche Island and the 

 elegant landscape of the Island of Beauty, are attracting 

 the sombre shadows of night. To the left are the green 

 mountains and sloping hills of Great Manitoulin; and so 

 perfect is the mirror of the waters that the landscape, as 

 well as the sky, is double. We are speechless with the 

 impressive and sacre'd beauty of the scene. Only the muf- 

 fled plash of our oars and the ripple of the boat are heard, 

 and we recall that the meaning of Manitoulin is Island of 

 the Great Spirit; and that many other names of places in the 

 locality are associated with the Indian name of the Deity. 

 Does not the innate consciousness of a God, as revealed in 

 the beauties and the forces of nature, dwell even in the breast 

 of the savage? We are reminded, too, of certain passages 

 in Revelation: "And there were seven lamps of fire burn- 

 ing before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God; 

 and before the throne, as it were a glassy sea like unto 

 crystal. * * * * And I saw as it were a glassy sea 

 mingled with fire; and them that come victorious from the 

 beast, and from his image, and from the number of his 

 name, standing by the glassy sea, having harps of God. 

 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and 

 the song of the lamb, saying, great and marvelous are thy 

 works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are 

 thy ways, thou King of the ages." 



At dark we reach our tent on the lawn of G. B. Avery, 

 Esq., to whose personal kindness, as well as that of his wife 

 and family, we are greatly indebted. 



Our next move is to Lacloche, a fur-trading post of the 

 Hudson's Bay Company, nestling at the foot of the mount- 

 ains on the north shore. After careful instructions as to the 

 route, we thread our way through the labyrinth of islands, 



