Trail and Camp-Fire 



was equal to, if it did not exceed, the size of 

 Lake Superior. On the completion of the 

 survey of Lake Mistassini I descended its out- 

 let, the Rupert River, to James Bay, and re- 

 turned home by ascending the Moose River 

 to the Canadian Pacific Railway north of Lake 

 Superior. 



In 1887 and 1888 I was employed on ex- 

 ploratory work among the islands of James 

 Bay and on the rivers flowing into the east 

 side of Hudson Bay. In 1887 R. F. Holmes 

 attempted to reach the Grand Falls of the 

 Hamilton River by ascending the river from 

 its mouth, but, owing to lack of proper equip- 

 ment and a poor crew, was obliged to return 

 without accomplishing his purpose. On his 

 return to England he published an account of 

 his trip in the Transactions of the Royal Geo- 

 graphical Society. Arguing from the eleva- 

 tion of the interior plateau as given by Hind, 

 and from the height of the river below the 

 falls, he arrived at the conclusion that the total 

 fall must be about 2,000 feet, and inferred that 

 it was all made in a single jump. 



In 1891, fired by Holmes' account, two 

 separate expeditions started from the United 

 States to discover the falls, and both reached 



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