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Tuesday Sept 15 Mr Left Camp at 7
airich and after passing one or
Two points came to the deep bay
at the bottom of the big head.
something over 40 mile from
the outlet of the Lake. The day
was fine but dead calm and
Mr was enabled to strike across
the mouth of the bay about
3 miles. While crossing we saw
many large trout. We had our
front wheel on the point
across the bay. The Manito
Islands which had been in
sight since mid afternoon
Yesterday now appeared quite
near. They are high and
rocky and apparently grown
over with Ericaceous shrubs.
Their apparent nearness and
constantly changing appearance
as one fronts along the
creek has apparently been the
reason for this name. Mr
passed them about one mile off.
shorn In the afternoon
Mr came about 20 miles,
along a nearly straight
Creek with low and fairly
still water and with sandy
and gravelly shores. Mr camped
at sunset on the shore which
seems to keep on much
the same direction. The day
was warm and perfectly calm
and the flies we quite trouble
some. Tracks of Bears and
mice seen on the shore
in the afternoon and in
front swans off the deep
bay and saw them Trickle
on the shore in one place.
I shot a mink I took
and took some photos.
The morning is fine though
in the afternoon it casted
a little threatening.