. Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the woods to the summit of the Rocky mountains . by natural growth orby artificial planting, will be in the vicinity of longitude 102°. The detailed topography of the country between the Lake of the Woodsand the Rocky Mountains is singularly lacking in points of general interest,and I have, therefore, confined the following description to such matters asare necessary to a correct understanding of the astronomical and topograph-ical work of the commission. A
. Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the woods to the summit of the Rocky mountains . by natural growth orby artificial planting, will be in the vicinity of longitude 102°. The detailed topography of the country between the Lake of the Woodsand the Rocky Mountains is singularly lacking in points of general interest,and I have, therefore, confined the following description to such matters asare necessary to a correct understanding of the astronomical and topograph-ical work of the commission. A most complete and accurate account of the geology and resourcesof the country in the vicinity of the boundary-line will be found in thereport of Mr. Dawson, the geologist accompanying the English expedition,which is already published. An admirable description of the water-communications from LakeSuperior to Lake Winnipeg, and of the northwest territory between theboundary-line and the Saskatchewan River, including an account of theRed River settlement and the Hudsons Bay Company, will be found in thereport of the Canadian Exploring Expeditions, 1857-f)8: H. Y. Hind,London, 5*e*V
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