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West two miles, when we encountered a rapid, and saw an 

 encampment of the Knisteneaux. We now proceeded 

 North- West by West one mile, among islands, South- 

 West by West three quarters of a mile, South-South-East 

 one mile, veered to South- West through islands three 

 miles and an half, and South by East half a mile. Here a 

 river poured in on the left, which was the most consider- 

 able that we had seen since we had passed the mountain. 

 At seven in the evening w T e landed and encamped. 



Though the sun had shone upon us throughout the day, 

 the air was so cold that the men, though actively employed 

 could not resist it without the aid of their blanket coats. 

 This circumstance might in some degree be expected 

 from the surrounding mountains, which were covered 

 with ice and snow ; but as they are not so high as to pro- 

 duce the extreme cold which we suffered, it must be more 

 particularly attributed to the high situation of the country 

 itself, rather than to the local elevation of the mountains, 

 the greatest height of which does not exceed fifteen hun- 

 dred feet ; though in general they do not rise to half that 

 altitude. But as I had not been able to take an exact 

 measurement, I do not presume upon the accuracy of my 

 conjecture. Towards the bottom of these heights, which 

 were clear of snow, the trees were putting forth their 

 leaves, while those in their middle region still retained 

 all the characteristics of winter, and on their upper parts 

 there was little or no wood. 



Monday 27. * The weather was clear, and we continued 

 our voyage at the usual hour, when we successively found 

 several rapids and points to impede our progress. At noon 

 our latitude was 56. 5. 54. North. The Indians killed a 

 stag ; and one of the men who went to fetch it was very 

 much endangered by the rolling down of a large stone from 

 the heights above him. 



Tuesday 28. The day was very cloudy. The moun- 

 tains on both sides of the river seemed to have sunk, in 

 their elevation, during the voyage of yesterday. To-day 

 they resumed their former altitude, and run so close on 

 either side of the channel, that all view was excluded of 



* From this day, to the 4th June the courses of my voyage are 

 omitted, as I lost the book that contained them. I was in the habit of 

 sometimes indulging myself with a short doze in the canoe, and I 

 imagine that the branches of the trees brushed my book from me, 

 when I was in such a situation, which renders the account of these few- 

 days less distinct than usual. 



