76 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



name, arrived at the White Fall about ail 

 hour after sunset, having come fourteen 

 miles on a S.W. course. 



The whole of the 2d of October was 

 spent in carrying the cargoes over a portage 

 of thirteen hundred yards in length, and in 

 launching the empty boats over three seve- 

 ral ridges of rock which obstruct the chan- 

 nel and produce as many cascades. I shall 

 long remember the rude and characteristic 

 wildness of the scenery which surrounded 

 these falls; rocks piled on rocks hung in 

 rude and shapeless masses over the agitated 

 torrents which swept their bases, whilst the 

 bright and variegated tints of the mosses 

 and lichens, that covered the face of the 

 cliffs, contrasting with the dark green of the 

 pines which crowned their summits, added 

 both beauty and grandeur to the scene. 

 Our two companions, Back and Hood, 

 made accurate sketches of these falls. At 

 this place we observed a conspicuous lop- 

 stick, a kind of land-mark, which I had not 

 hitherto noticed, notwithstanding its great 

 use in pointing out the frequented routes. 



