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25. Island in northwest end of Clearwater Lake S. 30° W. 



26. At Narrows, Clearwater Lake S. 30° W. 



27. Point near south-east extremity of Clearwater Lake S. 30° W. 



28. Point six miles south-west of outlet of Touchwood Lake. . . S. 18° W. 



29. Point two miles west of outlet of Touchwood Lake S. 20° W. 



Around Island. Lake. 



30. Kettle Island, half way up long narrow bay at west end South. 



31. Small island two miles from southern exlremity of Pipestone 



Bay S. 25° W. 



32. Point west side of Highway Bay, four miles from southern 



extremity South. 



33. Point east side of Highway Bay, three miles from southern 



extremity South. 



34. Point one mile north-east of portage from Highway Bay. ... S. 10° W. 



35. Point five miles south-east of portage from Highway Bay. . . S. 5° W. 



36. Island fourteen and a-half miles west of Fox Island S. 20° W. 



37. Island in landlocked bay, twelve miles south-west ot Fox 



Island S. 8° W. 



38. Island one mile east of Fox Island S. 16° W. 



39. Point three miles north-east of Fox Island S. 16° W. 



40. Point on north shore fifteen miles north- west of Fox Island . S. 20° W. 



41. Point nineteen miles south-east of H. B. Co.'s Post. S. 26° W. 



42. Point sixteen and a-half miles south-east of H. B. Co.'s Post. S. 6° W. 



43. Point on small island seven miles south-east of H. B. Co.'s 



Post S. 8° W. 



Northern Limits of Forest Trees. 



It would be impossible, within the limits of a report like the present, 

 to give all the facts collected with reference to the trees and shrubs of 

 the country explored ; still, the information secured in regard to this 

 subject may prove useful for reference at any time hereafter. The 

 timber has already been incidentally alluded to in describing the regions 

 explored, but it may be worth while here to note some facts in regard 

 to the range of the trees whose northern boundaries traverse the part 

 of the country under consideration. 



White Spruce — (the "Pine" of Eupert's Land). — This is the most 

 northern coniferous tree. On the east side of Hudson's Bay the last 

 of it is seen on the coast a short distance north of Eichmond Gulf. On 

 the west side it terminates about Seal Eiver. Thence its limit runs 

 north-westward, and is reported to cross the McKenzie Eiver about 

 200 miles below Peel's Eiver. 



Tamarac — (also called "Juniper " and "'Bed Spruce"). — On the east 

 side of the bay it accompanies the spruce almost to the extreme limit. 

 It is abundant at York Factory. Along the lower part of the Nelson 



