The Hill River, as this part of the river is called, is a series of rapids and portages--where the cargo and boat have both to be carried around a rapid; of decharges where the cargo has thus to be carried, and of semi-decharges--where a portion of the cargo only needs to be removed.
At times waterfalls require to be circuited with great effort.

A high mountain or elevated table-land seen from this river shows the rough country of which these cascades and rapids are the proof.

Here are the White-Mud Falls and other smaller cataracts.

To the expert voyageur such a river has no terrors, but to the raw-hand the management of such boats is a most toilsome work.

The birch-bark canoe is a mere trifle on the portage, but the heavy York boat capable of carrying three or four tons is a clumsy lugger.