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ever, was less eager for this distinction, and 

 preferred remaining with Green Stockings, 

 Keskarrah's fascinating daughter. The other 

 four, with the Little Singer, accompanied 

 us, two of them conducting their small ca- 

 noes in turns, and the rest walking along 

 the beach. 



The river flows over a bed of sand, and 

 winds in an uninterrupted channel of from 

 three-quarters to a mile broad, between 

 two ranges of hills, which are pretty even 

 in their outline, and round backed, but hav- 

 ing rather steep acclivities. The immediate 

 borders of the stream consist either of high 

 banks of sand or steep gravel cliffs ; and 

 sometimes, where the hills recede to a little 

 distance, the intervening space is occupied 

 by high sandy ridges. 



At three P.M., after passing along the 

 foot of a high range of hills, we arrived at 

 the portage leading to Bear Lake, to which 

 we have previously alluded. Its position 

 is very remarkable, being at the most wes- 

 terly part of the Copper-Mine River, and 

 at the point where it resumes a northern 



