Some herds of them were seen, which our hunters were too unskilful to approach.

In the afternoon we reached the Stinking Lake, which is nearly of an oval form.

Its shores are very low and swampy, to which circumstances, and not to the bad quality of the waters, it owes its Indian name.

Our observations place its western part in latitude 53 deg.

25' 24" N., longitude 107 deg.