The valleys were intersected by several small lakes and pools whose snowy covering was happily contrasted with the dark green of the pine-trees which surrounded them.

After ascending a moderately high hill by a winding path through a close wood we opened suddenly upon Lake Iroquois and had a full view of its picturesque shores.

We crossed it and encamped.
Though the sky was cloudless yet the weather was warm.

We had the gratification of finding a beaten track soon after we started on the morning of the 12th and were thus enabled to walk briskly.

We crossed at least twenty hills and found a small lake or pool at the foot of each.
The destructive ravages of fire were visible during the greater part of the day.