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(p. 36)
"We began the ascent of Trout River early in the morning of the
27th, and in the course of the day passed three portages and several
rapids. At the first of these portages the river falls between two
rocks about sixteen feet, and it is necessary to launch the boat over
a precipitous rocky bank. This cascade is named the Trout-Fall,
and the beauty of the scenery afforded a subject for Mr. Hood’s pencil.
The rocks which form the bed of this river are slaty, and present
sharp fragments, by which the feet of the boatmen are much
lacerated. The Second Portage, in particular, obtains the expressive
name of Knife Portage. The length of our voyage to-day was three
miles."
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