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out somewhat earlier than Mr. Fairchild. However, this was 
all uncertain, as it was impossible for me to know what I should 
be able to do in these regards. At “ Ping-a-wa-look’s” camp 
on our way up stream I procured the few moccasins they had 
for us, and they were much needed before we got out of the 
country, for, as my men tracked the canoe up stream, the sharp 
rocks and stones over which they had to walk cut through two 
or three pairs of shoes a day. 
The weather, which turned rough about the middle of the 
month, continued so for two weeks, causing us some delay, and 
a more unpleasant trip up the river than we would otherwise 
have had. 
In passing some of our former camping places it was ob 
served that the water of the river had fallen about two feet from 
its level of two weeks previously. 
On the 28th we reached our old camp at the Forks, and 
there remained for a day or two in order to get a rate for my 
chronometer. On the last day of July I turned my attention to 
the upper portion of the Thelon, which was found, from the 
Forks up, to be obstructed in several places by shallow rapids. 
‘The general trend of this part of the river is southerly, and its 
banks, which are more thinly wooded than farther north, are 
comparatively low and sandy, with grassy flats at some places— 
particularly towards Eyeberry Lake—about fifty miles up. 
This lake was so named because of the abundance of eye-berries 
which we found on its shores and islands. About ten miles 
above or south of Eyeberry Lake a small river fifty yards wide 
was observed emptying into the Thelon, and south of it the river 
banks became suddenly much higher and the river channel 
more confined and tortuous. 
Spruce and tamarac groves were also becoming more fre- 
quent, though still scanty enough. ‘The average elevation of 
land was from 50 to 80 feet above the river, which in width 
varied from 100 to 250 yards, and in depth from two to six feet. 
Its mean velocity was about three and one-half miles per 
hour. Flood water marks here, as well as on the lower part of 
the river, were observed as high as thirty feet above ordinary 
_ water level. 
