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and a strike right across the mouth of the Grand 

 Lake stream. The slate, again, is flanked on 

 the lakeside by syenitic rocks, which form the 

 basin of this and other lakes. 



" The stillness of the scenery is impressive, and 

 after the eye has ranged over the great expanse 

 of wood and water, or revelled in the varied, 

 changing, and unparalleled beauty of the maple 

 and other leaves in autumn, and got accustomed 

 to the prospect, the mind naturally longs to know 

 what manner of animals live in these forests of 

 maple, poplar, spruce, and pine, with the charred 

 and weathered forms of their dead brethren tower- 

 ing weird-like above the living. Or, peering 

 downwards, we desire to become familiar with 

 the denizens of the deep. Then, shooting across 

 the placid bosom of the lake for several miles, 

 we begin to meditate a return to camp, when 

 hark ! at last the solitude is broken. What is 

 that loud plaintive cry proceeding from yonder 

 island, and echoed back in scarcely feebler tones 

 from the opposite cove ? It is the familiar ' wu- 

 loo ' of the great northern diver, and we spy its long 

 neck in the distance. Louder and more frequent 

 are the cries ; another and another chime in on 

 our starboard side as we move rapidly forward, 



