a river on the left side of the was to avoid a series of rapids this portage led mostly over bluffs at through a pine forest Pines & Spruces and ended at a small lake at the foot of the rapids We or had to camp as it was nearly dark before everything was over. Thursday Aug 20. I got away in good time and paddled through the Lake which was about 10 miles long From this the river again descended in a series 7 rapids about half a mile in length to another expansion of the river. There also a portage was made on the left side. It was more circuitous than the last and was a little longer but lid over quite similar ground. A small Lake succeeded us from this a th pass here and there expanded to a broad channel with little current. This kept up for only a mile or two and we then emerged into a large Lake the front part of it was 4 or 5 miles long much broken up by islands as from this we passed through a narrow part where there was considerable current to another part. A long even range evidently part of the Mts seen west of the Last Big Lake extends N.E. to the northwest. These are caused by the Indians the Katley Mts. They have even stripes and appear intensely well wooded and consist of several purplish ridges as far as I can see. To the north if us is a large antlating mountain. We passed a N.E. [illegible] until [illegible] the narrow flatland the turned more by the N. and camped on a small island after going about 3 miles in the east part of the lake. The shore of this lake are mainly low and swampy and fairly well provided these no less rock supported them on the East Big Lake