CONTENTS. 



I. NARRATIVE. 



CHAP. I. 



BOSTON TO THE SAULT DE ST. MARIE. 



Boston to Albany — Lecture from the Professor — Valley of the Mo- 

 hawk — Population of German descent — Wild scener}"- of Western New 

 York — Niagara — Remarks by Prof. Agassiz on the Geology and Botany 

 of this Region — Lunar rainbow — The suspension bridge — Rattlesnakes 

 — Peculiar color of the water — Steamer to the foot of the Falls — 

 Buffalo — Steamer for Mackinaw — Botanical Lecture — The Great Lakes — 

 Boat in distress — Cleveland — Detroit — Lake St. Clair — Flats — Lake Hu- 

 ron — Northern character of the scenery — Meteorological phenomenon — 

 Mackmaw — Fishing party and Lecture on Fishes — Boat for the Sault — 

 Les mouches — First experiment of camping out — The Detour — St. Jo- 

 seph's Island and the Major — Passage up the St. Mary's Straits — Mus- 

 quitoes — Arrival at the Sault 9-31 



CHAP. II. 



THE SAULT TO FORT WILLIAM. 



The Sault — Dissolute character of the population — Lecture on Fishes 

 of the Sault — The black fly — Lecture on the Classification of Birds — 

 Embarcation on Lake Superior — Canoes — Canadian voyageurs and In- 

 dians — The Pointe aux Pins — Voyageur's bread — Entrance of the lake 

 — Resemblance to the sea-coast — Les gens du Lac — Arrangement of the 

 messes — Routine of the day — Provisions — Drift-scratches and grooves 

 — Mineralogical remarks by the Professor — Grand scenery of the lake 

 — Catching the lake trout— Character of rocks and trees — Great va- 

 riations of temperature — Coldness of the water — Mica Bay — Hospitality 

 ■ of Capt. Matthews— A proof of the " Glacial Theory"— Montreal River 

 — Large red pines — Tamias quadrivittatus — Indian pictures — Transpa- 

 rency of the water — Cautiousness of the voyageurs — Boat songs — 

 Fishing Indians — Toad River — Character of river-mouths on the lake 

 — Increasing grandeur of the scenery — Brilliancy of the lichens — 

 Agate Bay — Indian legend— Cape Choyye — Pot-holes— Snow — Michi- 

 picotin River — The factory — The plague of flies — Indian hunters— 

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