"Extracts from the Minute Book of the Geological Society . 605 
Swampy Lake . Length ten computed miles. At its entrance 
it is very shallow, owing to a sandy bar, which separates it from 
Hill river. On crossing the bar you immediately get into water 
from one to five fathoms deep. 
Holy Lake. Length thirty miles, greatest breadth four miles. 
Depth of water from three to four fathoms. Colour of the water 
whitish. Bottom sandy. In this lake are several small islands, 
mostly rocky. 
No. 17739, from the northern side of Holy Lake, near 
Oxford House. Compact dark green chlorite slate. 
Wippinapanish River. Course very winding. The shores more 
flat and rocky than those of the rivers to the east of the Holy Lake. 
The bed stony. 
Plentiful Lake. This is a very small lake being only four miles 
long, and scarcely two broad. 
Rabbit River. Current easy. Shores low and grassy. The 
bed muddy. 
Side Pine Water. Extends from the Rabbit river to the Hill 
carrying place. Colour of the water black. The bed rocky. The 
coast towards the carrying place is precipitous, and composed 
entirely of rock. 
No. 17740, from the Hill carrying place. Compact fine 
grained hornblende rock. A large dyke was observed at the hill 
No. 17732, from the east end of Knee lake, ten miles from the entrance. Resembles 
potstone, but is harder and is fissile. 
No. 17734, from a small island at the Knee. Oxidulous iron. The compass does not 
traverse on passing this island. 
No. 17735, from a small island one mile beyond the Knee. Chlorite slate. 
No. 17736, from the second carrying place in Trout river. Fine grained mica slate, 
with protuberances arising from some imbedded crystals. 
No. 17737, from the Whitefall carrying place. Granite. 
No. 17738, from the same place. Pinkish-coloured hernstone, with appearances of 
slate on the margin of the specimen. 
