where we pitched our tent and finished the Madeira that remained in our care with Mons^r Nolin, Mons^r Lemoine &c[.] Lemoine remains here to Shift for himself[.] [S]topped at Pointe au Pins where two leagues above the Sault we found M^r Nelson building a vessel for the North West Company to navigate the Lake Superior and to be called the Otter[.] [S]he is to be launched shortly. Left Pointe aux Pins at 4 P.M. with a fair wind which soon Brought us opposite to the Gros Cap after which we entered the great Lake Superior the mother and mistress of the other Lakes; its water is so green and transparent that I am confidently told the the bottom can be seen in 30 fms water[.] The 4^th we were prevented from stiring by stormy weather – a cold raw day.

July 5^th[.] Passed the Bay of Michipicotton in which the North West Company have a trading post[.] This bay runs a long way into the Country and its shores run so parrallel that the head wind we had upon on side of it was aft-wind on the other side,

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