Diary, 1900, of trip with his brother, Alfred Emerson Preble, to Hudson Bay region
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evening made a portage by avoid the Sea R. Falls and made camp about 1/2 mile below. At camp pass Spanners Neck, King Fisher, Olive bucket Thrush etc. Put out a few traps. Heard cormo calling at nightfall June 24 Took up our traps.erot only 1 Peromyscus & 1 Territory Left camp at 6 o'clock and paddled through a lake about two miles long with rather high shores, clothed mainly with Poplar (trimuloides) and Birch. Then through a chaw wel past a high Rocky ridge (to the left) and into Hurray Lake, a broad shallor lake grown up nearly covered (thinly) by scScsc (Scorpions) bordured by grassy meadows and inhabited by many Black Teres Common Terns and gilles. Shinerato. Hurray Lake, broad & shallow and grown up with reidges (Scipus) This lake was rather rough. tater and we had to content with a strong head wind. But. We crossed it safely and entered the Eshamashish, a winding sluggish stream with low banks clothed with willows and alders. Occasional dockey emmunces occur and patches of spruce woods. After travelling for several miles through this, we came at the first dam, made for the purpose of holding back a sufficient depth of water edi to enable boats to pass through. We slid our canoe over param with out unloading and stopped for lunch. While the men were preparing this, I took 3 pickerel & about 2 lbs each from the pool below the dam, with a spoon hook. Near here we shot 3 muskrats with the pistol - at short distance. above we passed the second erg dam, in the same manner and camped a short dis