almost entirely except by fire within a few years. We soon entered the channel of Pine Lake which is winding and marshy-shored. Saw a few Mollies and muskrats and shot a stump about half way to Pine Lake which we reached just beforeeature and camped near itsandlet and set out our traps in the rain. Sept 13. Zart Eertrump (Perronyce) in over traps and left camp quite early. Crossed an arm of the lake extending a few miles at right angles to the main portion of the lake, at its port and passing through a narrow, shallow chan- rel for a few hundred yards reached another Lake. A flock of Red B. Musguous was seen and several shot. After paddling a few miles we made a portage of about a quarter of a mile into another Lake and before start my again had a breach. After p domestic an hour or two we came out into a narrow lake which we had passed through when coming down, just above the Well Gate Rapids which we have avoided by coming by this other route. Shortly after noon we reached the marshy channel which extends for some miles below the Robson Portage which we reached about 4 o'clock as we had some of coming its do and run out of candles, we con- cluded to camp at the upper end of the Portage and finish things up as we could not make any great distance before dark. We accordingly epented after hoary dinner and after finishing up our stumping or set out our traps. at the upper end of the Portage Muskrats were common here, and I shot a couple of traps for them.