This resource was untouched, but we could not embark more than five pieces in our own canoes.

However, Mr.Mac Leod agreed to send a canoe after us to the Methye Portage, with the pemmican, and we calculated that the diminution of our provision would there enable us to receive it.
The Beaver River enters this lake on the S.E.side, and another river which has not been named, on the S.W.Both these rivers are branches of the Missinippi, as it is the only outlet from the lake.

The banks appeared to be rocky, and the beach in many places sandy, but its waters are yellow and muddy.

It produces a variety of fish, among which its white-fish are esteemed the best in the country.

The only birds visible at this season, are common to every part of the Missinippi; gulls, ducks, pigeons, goatsuckers, and the raven; and geese and swans pay a momentary visit in passing to the north and returning.
There was little in the forts differing from the establishments that we had before seen.