OF THE FUR TRADE, &c. xhit
Thefe people live chiefly on fifh; indeed, from what has been faid

of the country, It carmot be expef&ed to abound in animals, as it is
totally deftitute of that fhelter, which is fo neéceflary to them. The
rocks appear to have been over-run by fire, and the flinted timber,
which once grew there, is frequently feen lying along the furface of
them: but it is not eafy to be reconciled, that any thing fhould
grow where there is fo little appearance of foil. Between the fallen
trees there are briats, with hurtleberry and goofeberry bufhes, rafp-
berries, &c. which invite the bears in greater or leffer numbers, as
they are a favourite food of that animal: beyond thefe rocky banks
are found-a few moofe and fallow deer. The waters alone are abun-
dantly inhabited.

A very curious phenomenon was obferved fome years ago at the Grande
Portage, for which no obvious caufe could be affigned. The water
withdrew with great precipitation, leaving the ground dry that had
never before been vifible, the fall being equal to four perpendicular feet,
and rufhing back with great velocity above the common mark. It con-
tinued thus falling and rifing for feveral hours, gradually decreafing
till it flopped at its ufual height. There is frequently an irregular
influx and deflux, which does not exceed ten inches, and is attributed

to the wind.

The bottom of the bay, which forms an amphitheatre, is clear and
inclofed; and on the left corner of it, beneath an hill, three or fout
hundred feet in height, and crowned by others of a itil greater altitude,

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