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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