of this little River into Lake Nipising or prairie des vases we encamped four nights without even shifting the place of our tent.

Monday 24^th June[.] Left the Prairie des vases and crossed a large Bay of the Lake Nipising, which is called from 16 to 20 leagues Long but we only pass twelve of it from East to west and in that distance it does not appear to be more than from three to four Leagues wide in the outmost extent from N. to S[.] I have been informed it is so shallow that they spear fish in winter in the middle of it under the Ice not exceeding three to four fathoms; its water is of a Greyish mudely colour. About the center of this lake is point aux Croix on which is erected the crosses of eleven men who were swallowed up in it canoe, & Cargoe, some Years ago. Three leagues beyond this point we met an Indian and two little girls in a small bark Canoe to whom we gave some buiscuit in exchange for fish[.] Seven leagues from the Prairie des vases we entered among a number of Islands through which we have five leagues to navigate before reaching the Chaudiere des praireais and left the Lake to continue its course farther than our sight could extend to the We^est N^orth W^west[.]

At the chaudiere des Français we carry from the Lake Nipising to a deep still water cove of the River des Français, which issues out

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