Friday 5.

JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE

mile, North-Eaft by Eaft two miles, North one mile. We now defcended
a rapid, and proceeded North-Weft feven miles and a half, North-
Welt nine miles, North by Weft fix miles, North-Weft by Weft one mile
and a half, North-Weft by North half a mile, North-North-Weft fix
miles, North one mile, North-Weft by Weft four miles, North-North-
Eaft one mile. Here we arrived at the mouth of the Dog River, where
we landed, and unloaded our canoes, at half paft feven in the evening,
on the Eaft fide, and clofe by the rapids. At this ftation the river is

near two leagues in breadth.

At three o’clock in the morning we embarked, but unloaded our canoes
at the firft rapid. When we had reloaded, we entered a {mall channel,

which is formed by the iflands, and, in about half an hour, we came

to the carrying place. It is three hundred and eighty paces in length,
and very commodious, except at the further end of it. We found fome
difficulty in reloading at this {pot, from the large quantity of ice which
had not yet thawed. From hence to the next carrying place, called the
Portage d’ Embarras, is about fix miles, and is occafioned by the drift wood
filling up the fmall channel, which is one thoufand and twenty paces in
Jength; from hence to the next is one mile and a half, while the diftance to
that which fucceeds, does not exceed one hundred and fifty yards. It is
about the fame length as the laft; and from hence to the carrying place
called the Mountain, is about four miles further; when we entered the
great river. The fmaller one, or the channel, affords by far the beft
paflage, as it is without hazard of any kind, though I believe a fhorter
courfe would be found on the outfide of the iflands, and without fo

many carrying places. That called the Mountain is three hundred and
thirty-five paces in length; from thence to the next, named the Peli-

can,