194 THE PERIBONCA AND TSCHOTAGAMA 



sea-gulls, were all the birds of any consequence that we 

 saw daring our trip. 



Almost every description of river scenery is obtain- 

 able up the Peribonca. A little above the ninth falls 

 the shores are again high and rocky. Here adaman- 

 tine walls of granite imprison the fearful floods of 

 spring, which some distance farther down the stream 

 undermine the lofty banks of sand, enlarging thereby 

 the liberty they already enjoy, as if in compensation 

 for the restraint for a time imposed upon them. Large 

 land-slides are thus caused during the season of high 

 water, often carrying lofty trees down with them into 

 the river, so that wherever the banks of the Peri- 

 bonca are not either rocky or of low land they are 

 constantly changing from one year to another. 



The tenth falls of the river are only seven miles be- 

 low Lake Tschotagama, and before they are reached 

 the high mountains to the north of the lake are plainly 

 seen. Tschotagama is not an extension or widening 

 of the Peribonca, but a respectably - sized body of 

 water hung on, as it were, to the east side of the river ; 

 or, rather, an independent lake nine miles long by one 

 to three broad, lying almost due east and west, and 

 emptying itself by a very narrow channel at its west 

 end into the Peribonca. At its east end it is fed by , 

 the river Blanche, which contains numerous small 

 trout, and, by way of it, Lac a FOurs, Lake Brochet, 

 and the river Shipshaw, all noted fishing waters, can 

 easily be reached. 



Lake Tschotagama is almost entirely enclosed by 

 lofty mountains, and is one of the most beautiful 

 bodies of water that it is possible to imagine. At the 



