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grassy lake was crossed, and four others, with their in- 
tervening portages, and we returned to the river by a 
portage of one thousand four hundred and fifteen 
paces. The width of the stream here is about one 
hundred yards, its banks are moderately high, and 
scantily covered with wood. We afterwards twice 
carried the cargoes along its banks to avoid a very 
stony rapid, and then crossed the first Carp portage, 
and encamped on the borders of Lower Carp Lake. 
The chief having told us that this was a good lake 
for fishing, we determined on halting for a day or two 
to recruit our men, of whom three were lame, and sev- 
eral others had swelled legs. ‘he chief himself went 
forward to look after the hunters, and he promised to 
make a fire as a signal if they had killed any reindeer. 
All the Indians had left us in the course of yesterday 
and to-day to seek these animals, except the guide 
Keskarrah. 
Aug. 10.—The nets furnishing only four carp, we 
embarked for the purpose of searching for a better spot, 
and encamped again on the shores of the same lake. 
The spirits of the men were much revived by seeing 
some recent traces of reindeer at this place, which 
circumstance caused them to cherish the hope of soon 
getting a supply of meat from the hunters. They 
were also gratified by finding abundance of blue ber- 
