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 eight miles in length, is situated at the base of the first great mountain chain. The fort of the same name, and the second lake, are twenty miles higher, and in the heart of the mountains.[139] The rivers Violin and Medicine on the southern side, and the Assiniboine on the northern, must be crossed to arrive there,[140] and to reach the height of land at the du Committees Punch Bowl, we crossed the rivers Maline, Gens de Colets, Miette and Trou, which we ascended to its source.[141] The river Medicine mingles its waters with those of the Sascatshawin; the Assiniboine and Gens de Lolets with those of the Boucane, a tributary of a la Paix.[142] The waters of the Miette, have their source at the same height, with some branches of the river Frazer, which crosses New Caledonia.[143]

Some years since, the valleys and high forests of Atha-*