OF THE FUR TRADE, &c. Ix vit

the flate of the waters: the canoe and its contents are then carried
one thoufand one hundred paces. The channel here is near-a mile
wide, the waters tumbling over ridges of rocks that traverfe the river.
The fouth bank is very high, rifing upwards of fifty feet, of the fame
rock as feen on the South fide of the Lake Winipic, and the North
is not more than a third of that height. There is an excellent flurgeon-
fifhery at the foot of this cafcade, and vaft numbers of pelicans, cormo-
rants, &c. frequent it, where they watch to feize the fifh that may be
killed or difabled by the force of the waters.

About two miles from this Portage the navigation is again inter-
rupted by the Portage of the Roché Rouge, which is an hundred
yards long; and a mile and an half from thence the river is barred
by a range of iflands, forming rapids between them; and through thefe
it is the fame diftance to the rapid of Lake Travers, which is four
miles right acrofs, and eight miles in length. Then fucceeds the
Grande Décharge, and f{everal rapids, for four miles to the Cedar Lake,
which is entered through a {mall channel on the left, formed by an
ifland, as going round it would occafion lofs of time. In this dif-
tance banks of rocks (fuch as have already been defcribed), appear at
intervals on either fide; the reft of the country is low. This is the cafe
along the South bank of the lake and the iflands, while the North fide,
which is very uncommon, is level throughout. This lake runs firft Weft
four miles, then as much more Weft-South-Welt, acrofsa deep bay on the
right, then fix miles to the Point de Lievre, and acrofs another bay again
on the right; then North-Weft eight miles, acrofs a ftill deeper bay on the
right; and feven miles parallel with the North coaft, North-North- Weft

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