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highest latitude attained on our journey, namely 64° 48° 
north. This as a high latitude does not, of course, 
amount to anything, but the attainment of a high 
latitude was not an object of our expedition, though 
scores of times the question has been asked of me, 
“ How far north did you get ?” 
At this entrance to the river a large area of highly 
glaciated granitic rocks was observed, and the channel 
was well formed and deep. Both banks were high and 
rocky, and the current swift. Notwithstanding the 
weather our canoes were kept in the stream, though it 
was with difficulty I was able to carry on the survey 
and keep my notes. 
About seven miles down stream a very rocky rapid 
was discovered. On examination we found it could be 
run for a considerable distance, and that for the remain- 
ing distance only a short portage would have to be 
made. 
The contents of the canoes being all safely landed 
below the rapids, they themselves were run down by the 
Iroquois through the foaming waters. Had it not been 
for our good steersman Pierre many and many a rapid 
through which our little crafts were guided in safety 
would have caused us much laborious portaging. If a 
rapid could be run at all in safety, Pierre had the skill 
and nerve to do it. During the scores of times that he 
piloted our little fleet through foaming waters, I believe 
I am correct in saying that his canoe never once touched 
a rock; but that is more than can be said of those who 
followed him. . . 
After reloading the canoes we sped down with the 
current at a rate of about eight miles an hour, with 
