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quality. Potatoes, pease, oats, &c, however, 

 grow tolerably well here. 



Monday, 22. I have passed several days, not 

 unpleasantly, in the company of a number of young 

 gentlemen. They now begin, however, to leave 

 this, to return to their winter quarters; and to- 

 morrow, I expect to depart, and to proceed for 

 Fort des Prairies. As there will be two other 

 young gentlemen in the same brigade, whom I 

 know to be sociable and pleasant companions, *I 

 expect to have a pleasant passage to my winter 

 , quarters. 



Wednesday, August 28. During nearly a 

 month past we have been coming through a coun- 

 try, which I have already described. We are 

 now at the Grand Rapid, where the Sisiscatchwin 

 River disembogues into the north west part of 

 Great Lake Winipick. This is a noble stream, 

 about two hundred fathoms broad. 



Thursday, September 5. Cumberland House. 

 This fort stands on the north side of a considera- 

 ble lake, called by the Natives, who in this vicini- 

 ty are Muscagoes, Sturgeon Lake. The sturgeon 

 are found in considerable plenty, in this lake. 

 This post was established, thirty three years 

 since, by Mr. Joseph Frobisher. At this place, 

 the people who are destined to Fort des Prairies, 

 and those who are proceeding to Athabasca, sep- 



