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Wednesday 11th October 1820 Wind S.E. commenced raining at day light and continued until half past 4 p.m. when it cleared, and wind changed to S.W. and at 10 p.m. commenced raining again till 12 midnight. - remain here.- Thursday 12th October cloudy and cold morning. We find the water has risen in the River 6 inches, we embark and head up River at 8 a.m. 1/2 mile to the Grand Portage- we land on the S.W. side. Messrs. H &N carry the baggage and canoes across the Portage which they say is 3 1/2 miles, and describe it as follows in 1 mile spruce and mixed low land near the River crossing a stream on which is a small pond near the road- then rising and winding up a steep hard wood rocky Mtn. 3/4 mile, then level hard wood land, 1/4 mile- then up a steep spruce hill 1/2 mile then descending same 1/4 mile. Cedar swamp 1/4 mile then descending good hard wood land 1/4 mile to the foot of len ga mock Pond. [?] I went up by and in the River taking a survey and find it between 2&3 miles. found the rim my view being confined between large bluff rocks on each side almost the whole distance and very difficult to get along by the banks or by view - at 3 o'clock on my arrival at Pond met Holyoke and Neptune with first load. They returned for remainder of baggage, while I cut wood and pitched tent near foot of the Pond. they arrived at 6 p.m. with next load having brought but Neptune's canoe. The land on the S.W. side this Pond at the foot under a hight bard wood hill is excellent soil, hard wood but the