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West three quarters of a mile, North-West by West three 

 miles, West-South- West three quarters of a mile, North- 

 West by West one mile ; a small river on the right, South- 

 West a quarter of a mile, West-North- West, islands, four 

 miles and an half, a river on the left, North half a mile, 

 West a quarter of a mile, North a quarter of a mile, 

 North- West by West three quarters of a mile, North- 

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

 North half a mile, West-North-West a mile and an half, 

 and North- West by North half a mile. The mountains 

 were covered with fresh snow, whose showers had dis- 

 solved in rain before they reached us. North-West three 

 quarters of a mile, South-West a quarter of a mile, North 

 a mile and three quarters, West-North- West a mile and 

 a quarter, North-West a mile and an half, North-North- 

 West half a mile, West- North- West a quarter of a mile, 

 North half a mile ; here the current was slack : North- 

 West by North half a mile, North-West by West a quar- 

 ter of a mile, North-North-West a quarter of a mile, 

 North- W est by West one mile and a quarter, North half a 

 mile, North-East by North one mile and three quarters, 

 South-West one mile and a quarter, with an island, North- 

 by East one mile, North-West. Here the other branch 

 opened to us, at the distance of three quarters of a mile. 



I expected from the slackness of the current in this 

 branch, that the Western one would be high, but I found 

 it equally 16 w. I had every reason to believe that from 

 the upper part of this branch, the distance could not be 

 great to the country through which I passed when I left 

 the Great River; but it has since been determined other- 

 wise by Mr. J. Finlay, who was sent to explore it, and 

 found its navigation soon terminated by falls and rapids. 

 • The branches are about two hundred yards in breadth, 

 and the water was six feet lower than on our upward pas- 

 sage. Our course, after the junction, was North-North- 

 West one mile, the rapid North-East down it three quar- 

 ters of a mile, North by West one mile and a quarter, 

 North by East one mile and an half, East by South one 

 mile, North-East two miles and an half, East-North- 

 East a quarter of a mile; a rivulet; East by South one 

 mile and an half, North-East two miles, East-North-East 

 one mile, North-North-East a quarter of a mile, North- 

 East by East half a m^le, East-South-East a quarter of a 



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