Décharges[.] Entered Lac de la Piere a fusile – a pretty Lake having beautiful well wooded mountains running parallel to it forming its south shore, it is from two to three miles wide and learly double that in length[.] A fine calm sunny day the water smoth as Glass[.] Passed l'Escalier and the cheval de Bois. Camped at the Gros des Pins[.] Mess^rs Angus Shaw, and Duncan M^cGillivary came up and passed us on their way to Fort des Prairies[.] M^r Shaw being a dashing Bourgeois gave the men of my fifteen canoes a dram out of a big keg he had upon Tap.

Thursday 13^th[.] M^r Daniel M^cKenzie in the light canoe with the Arabaska papers came to our fire before we left it in the morning so far on his way to montreal to recruit his injured health went down the little fausille, Descharge du vaseu, the cedars, and a number of shallow little Rapids called the Châts[.] Cleared the Marabeau at 1 P.M. Made the two little Rochers of saguinage and camped at l'Anse au sable next day made the little Rocher and Prairie Portages also Rocher des Couteaux and entered the

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