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dome-shaped forms from the summit plateau. The Last 

 Mountain bears S. 44° W., about twenty-five miles distant 

 from the post, and the end of Long Lake, as it was pointed 

 out to me by the guide, bears S. 70° W., distant from the 

 fort a good day's journey, or about thirty miles. The 

 Little Touchwood Hills bear S. 27° E., and have a general 

 direction parallel to the main range. At the foot of the 

 Heart Hill and on its northern flank is a lake about five 

 miles long, running east and west close to its foot, and is 

 said to contain white fish. Devil's Lake, which is con- 

 nected with Last Mountain Lake, lies about forty miles due 

 west of the post. 



The guide who accompanied Mr. Hime to Long Lake 

 from the Qu'appelle Mission* describes Long Lake to be 

 broader at its northern extremity than elsewhere, but 

 preserving throughout its length of forty to fifty miles a 

 breadth of one mile on an average. 



The garden, or rather the remains of a garden, in the 

 rear of the fort, produces every variety of vegetable grown 

 in Canada, but the efforts to cultivate it are almost aban- 

 doned in consequence of the depredations committed by 

 Indians from the prairies, when they arrive in autumn with 

 their provisions for trade, such as buffalo meat and pem- 

 mican. A few of the lakes near the fort are known to con- 

 tain fish, and it is probable that all of the large fresh water 

 lakes in this beautiful region also abound in them. The 

 officer in temporary charge of the post stated that the 

 people here had only known of the existence of white-fish 

 in the Last Mountain Lake for three years ; they are now 

 taken there in the fall, and it is probable that the fishery 

 recently established will become of great importance to 

 this part of the country. The Plain Crees are not fisher- 



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