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and very daring as well as dangerous, probably from the contempt (in height) he is generally looked upon. This is a poor Beaver Country, but there are plenty of Martins and muskrats with a diversity of the Foxes, such as, Black, white, silver, crossed and Red Foxes. No great quantity of Bears and mostly Black, with a few Brown. There are likewise a few otters and the striped squirrels[.] This Country is interspersed with an almost incredible number of Lakes in every direction and of every dimension and many of them, in comparison to the extent of Country of great measurement. In this respect Bear Lake surpasses them all. The extent of this immense body of water has not hitherto been ascertained either by the natives or the whites. It communicates with Mackenzie's River, by means of a considerable River that issues from the west end of the Lake and disembogues itself into the former about little more

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