74 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



the stream, and hurried down the cascade 

 with such rapidity, that all efforts to save 

 him were ineffectual. His body was after- 

 wards found, and interred near the spot. 



The Weepinapannis is composed of seve- 

 ral branches which separate and unite again 

 and again, intersecting the country in a 

 great variety of directions. We pursued 

 the principal channel, and having passed the 

 Crooked Spout, with several inferior rapids, 

 and crossed a small piece of water, named 

 Windy Lake, we entered a smooth deep 

 stream, about three hundred yards wide, 

 which has got the absurd appellation of the 

 Rabbit Ground. The marshy banks of this 

 river are skirted by low barren rocks, be- 

 hind which there are some groups of stunted 

 trees. As we advanced, the country be- 

 coming natter, gradually opened to our 

 view, and we at length arrived at a shallow, 

 reedy lake, the direct course through which 

 leads to the Hill Portage. This route has, 

 however, of late years been disused, and 

 we therefore turned towards the north, and 



