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carrying place running in a perpendicular direction, and crossed by 
another that ran horizontally about three inches above the level 
of the water. Besides the dyke there were several veins, of which 
the largest ran south-west and north-east. Several loose stones 
were found here resembling No. 17722. 
The places from which the two following specimens were brought 
are not mentioned in the route, but it is presumed that they lie 
near to the Hill-carrying-place. 
No. 17741, from the painted stone carrying place. Greenish 
quartz rock. The portage is over a rock resembling No. 17722. 
No. 17742, from the portage in Sea river. Gneiss with 
white and flesh coloured felspar. 
Ecchemamis , or Little River, Very narrow and winding, and 
extremely shallow, containing many Beaver dams. Shores flat, 
resembling water meadows. The bed muddy. 
Henry Lake, Length four miles, breadth one mile, water blackish 
and very shallow. Bottom muddy. 
Playgreen Lake, This is a continuation of the great lake 
Winipic ; and is full of islands and low rocks ; greatest depth of 
water ten feet. The bottom muddy. 
Lake Winipic, On the 14th of August, our boats entered this 
lake. From the first point on the western side to the first point 
on the eastern side, bearing south-south-east from the former, the 
depth of water was uniformly from three to three and a half 
fathoms. On the 19th of August, in going from the point above 
Beaver river to Blood river, we sounded with nine fathoms of line, 
and did not find the bottom. The water of the lake is of a whitish 
hue, and the bottom is composed of a mixture of sand and mud. 
The coast on the eastern side, until you arrive at the straits, is low 
and sandy ; but numerous rocks lie concealed at a little distance 
