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Saturday morning 7. October 1820.- Cold clear weather although it has rained as much as 18 hours, within the last 2 days, yet we cannot perceive that the river has risen more than 1 or 2 inches.- After passing Bamadumcock Lake the River is small and is now so extremely low it is with the greatest difficulty we can ascend the rapids, which are over large coarse Rock of Granite among which the Stream is divided and sometimes is nearly lost under the rocks.-

We embark and proceed up River about 1 mile to the foot of the Portage- from here the S. Peak of Ktaadne bears N. 32. E. distance 9 or 10 miles the elevation is about 7 1/2 degrees or near 8 degrees.- We carry by this Portage on the West side about 90 rods- the River falls 40 or 50 feet in this distance- We then go up rapid water 3/4 mile to a Portage on the E. side and carry across 50 rods in this distance a fall of 15 feet- we then proceed up River (passing several rapids) 3/4 to O,bol,jock,mages,sick a Stream coming from Ktne, also another Stream 40 R. above the first called by the same name- called so from the land round about being brunt or bald land ad hills- Water very clear in these Streams.-