When
we came up with them there, to the west, around the south end of
the opposite ridge, we could see the river flowing dark and deep as
before. Above, to the southwest, were two heavy falls, and at the
head of the upper and larger one the river widened. There were
several islands, and it looked as if we might be coming to the
expansions near the upper part of the river. One lake beside that
at the foot of the mountain would make the portage route an easy
and good one.
The view from the mountain top was magnificent in all directions.
To the north the hills lay east and west in low, regular ridges,
well covered with green woods; and thirty miles away, on a few of
the highest of them, were great patches of snow lying. East and
west and south were the more irregular hills, and everywhere among
them were the lakes. It was very fine; but to my great regret I
had left my kodaks in the canoe.
The green woods interested Gilbert, who was looking for new
trapping grounds for himself and Donald Blake. We had come more
than fifty miles from Seal Lake, the limit of his present trapping
grounds, and he quite seriously considered the question of
extending his path up to those hills the following winter.
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