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feet. Re-embarking at the upper end of the 

 Portage, we ran before a fresh gale through 

 the remainder of Sea River, the lower part 

 of Play Green Lake, and entering Little 

 Jack River, landed and pitched our tents. 

 Here there is a small log-hut, the residence 

 of a fisherman, who supplies Norway House 

 with trout and sturgeon. He gave us a few 

 of these fish, which afforded an acceptable 

 supper. Our voyage this day was thirty- 

 four miles. 



October 6. — Little Jack River is the 

 name given to a channel that winds among 

 several large islands which separate Upper 

 and Lower Play Green Lakes. At the 

 lower end of this channel, Big Jack River, 

 a stream of considerable magnitude, falls 

 into the lake. Play Green is a translation 

 of the appellation given to that lake by two 

 bands of Indians, who met and held a fes- 

 tival on an island situated near its centre. 

 After leaving our encampment we sailed 

 through Upper Play Green Lake, and ar- 

 rived at Norway Point in the forenoon. 



The waters of Lake Winipeg, and of the 



