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through which it flows, is intersected by ridgés of 
rock which cross the channel, and require the boat to 
be lifted over them. In the afternoon we passed 
through a shallow piece of water overgrown with 
. bulrushes, and hence named Hairy Lake; and in the 
evening, encamped on the banks of Blackwater-Creek, 
by which this lake empties itself into Sea River ; 
having come during the day twenty miles and three- 
quarters, 
On the morning of the 5th, we entered Sea River, 
one of the many branches of Nelson River. It is 
about four hundred yards wide, and its waters are of 
a muddy white color, After ascending the stream for 
an hour or two, ang passing through Carpenter’s 
Lake, which is merely an expansion of the river to 
about-a mile in breadth, we came to the Sea River’ 
Portage, where the boat was launched across a smooth 
rock, to avoid a fall of four or five feet. Re-embark- 
ing at the upper end of the portage, we ran before a 
fresh gale through the remainder of Sea River, the 
lower part of Play Greene Lake, and entering Little 
Jack River, landed and pitched our tents. Here there 
is a small log-hut, the residence of a fisherman, who 
supplies Norway House with trout and sturgeon. 
He gave us a few of these fish. which afforded an 
acceptable supper. The length of cur voyage this, 
day was thirty-four miles. 
