Lake of that name, the clearest water of that name in the North[.] Passed the Rapids des cauteaux and slept at the second Portage below them where our Bourgeois came up with us and ordered each man a dram, which I served out to them.

Thursday 15^th[.] Waited at the Carpe for the Canoes behind[.] [M]ixed nine Gallons of Indian Rum it being customary for Bourgeois to wet the whistle of every Indian they met on the way. At Gros des Bois-Bleus M^r Grant bought a canoe for old Aguse, his, being the worst in the Brigade[.] Slept at Petit des Bois bleus[.] 16^th Aug^t[.] Passed Grand des pins at 6 A.M.[,] Pointe de Bois at 7 A.M. Breakfasted at the Galais du Lac Croche[.] Cleared the Rideau portage at 3 P.M[.] Dined at Flanon and slept there[.] Here I saw the first dog (a large Black Indian one that Augé the interpreter killed in Lac Croche) eaten. He castorated him as soon as he fell to prevent rank taste in the flesh[.] The hair of the animal was singed off as cana-

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