Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . Second Falls, Kaministiqiiia River. inches in diameter; the underbrush consisted chiefly ofhazel nut. Whenever the gneissoid and syenitic rocksprevailed, the valley of the river was much contracted, thetimber light, and the soil shallow and full of boulders ordetached masses of rock. The volume of water in theriver appeared to be very small, considering its unusualheight at this season of the year: an approximate mea-surement at one of the rapids gave a bre
Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . Second Falls, Kaministiqiiia River. inches in diameter; the underbrush consisted chiefly ofhazel nut. Whenever the gneissoid and syenitic rocksprevailed, the valley of the river was much contracted, thetimber light, and the soil shallow and full of boulders ordetached masses of rock. The volume of water in theriver appeared to be very small, considering its unusualheight at this season of the year: an approximate mea-surement at one of the rapids gave a breadth of seventywith an average depth of two THE GREAT DOG PORTAGE. 39 Extensive areas covered with burnt forest trees, con-sisting chiefly of pine, occur in the valley of the river asfar as Little Dog Lake, when the formidable barrier of theGreat Dog Mountain, sustaining a heavy growth of timber,comes into view. Occasionally aspens of large dimen-sions may be seen from the canoe, but it is not until theplateau of the Great Dog Mountain is attained that theyacquire a diameter varying from eighteen to twenty-fourinches, five feet from the ground. Trees of this species,and of the above dimensions, are found in abundance onthe elevated barrier which separates the region of Great
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