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13 occurring owing to the peculiar formation of the banks. Tracts of various extents from a few acres to upwards of a thousand are thus frequently precipitated into the stream causing divergences of the channel. A line of wires would be liable to frequent interruption from this cause To reach Stuarts Lake the line I should judge preferable would be by following the horse trail opened across the country to Fraser Lake. Thence across the divide to Stuarts Lake. good guides could be procured at Alexandria. The country generally is thinly wooded with many open spots There are meadows at intervals where hay could be procured a necessary provision for winter operations with horses. The trail crosses West Road River pretty high up and continues towards a chain of lakes called Saicur, Noolhky and Taachy. Thence to the Nechaco River immediately behind the fort on Fraser Lake The Fraser Lake branch of the main river to be crossed just at its junction with the Nechaco to a plain on the opposite side. Then by the horse trail over the divide to Stuarts Lake 45 miles Rather thickly wooded with a light growth of timber. This is a general indication of the line I should recommend beyond Alexandria. By inquiry in the spot you can obtain full particulars, but as I have travelled over