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blishment, situated on the opposite side of 

 the river, was under the direction of Mr. 

 Dugald Cameron, one of the partners of 

 the North- West Company, on whom Mr. 

 Back and I called soon after our arrival, 

 and were honoured with a salute of mus- 

 quetry. 



These establishments are small, but said 

 to be well situated for procuring furs ; as 

 the numerous creeks in their vicinity are 

 much resorted to by the beaver, otter, and 

 musquash. The residents usually obtain a 

 superabundunt supply of provision. This 

 season, however, they barely had sufficient 

 for their own support, owing to the epi- 

 demic, which has incapacitated the Indians 

 for hunting. The Green Lake lies nearly 

 north and south, is eighteen miles in length, 

 and does not exceed one mile and a half of 

 breadth in any part. The water is deep, 

 it is in consequence one of the last lakes in 

 the country that is frozen. Excellent 

 tittameg and trout are caught in it from 

 March to December, but after that time 

 most of the fish remove to some larger 

 lake. 



