Whilst the crews were employed in making a portage over the foot of Prospect Hill we ascended to the top of it and, as it is the highest ground in the neighbourhood, its summit, which is about five hundred feet above the water, commands an extensive view.
Akaitcho who was here with his family pointed out to us the smoke of the distant fires which the hunters had made.

The prospect is agreeably diversified by an intermixture of hill and valley and the appearance of twelve lakes in different directions.

On the borders of these lakes a few thin pine groves occur, but the country in general is destitute of almost every vegetable except a few berry-bearing shrubs and lichens, and has a very barren aspect.

The hills are composed of gneiss but their acclivities are covered with a coarse gravelly soil.

There are many large loose stones both on their sides and summits composed of the same materials as the solid rock.
We crossed another lake in the evening, encamped and set the nets.