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shallowness of the water in many parts of the 

 river, we met with no difficulties in the way of 

 falls or dangerous rapids, and reached Lloyd's 

 Lake soon after midday on the morning of the 

 10th w^ithont once having had to take our canoe 

 out of the water. 



The lumberers from Millertown, we found, had 

 cut all the best timber on both banks of the 

 river as far as Lloyd's Lake, and for two or 

 three miles along the western shore of the lake 

 itself. Beyond that point, however, no lumber- 

 ing at all had been done, and since the aboriginal 

 Indians had died out, the country had remained 

 uninhabited and undisturbed. 



Lloyd's River runs between two lines of hills 

 ■which rise to a height of between one thousand 

 and two thousand feet, the lower portions being 

 densely wooded. The caribou do not seem to 

 frequent the valley of the river or to cross it in 

 any number during migration. At any rate we 

 saw none of the animals themselves and but few 

 tracks either on our way to Lloyd's Lake or on 

 the return journey. On the other hand, they 

 cross the lower end of Lloyd's Lake, which is 



