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Show .J30 TRAVELS THROUGH UPPER CANADA: ahrming tmnner ; J.i nnctimes it mounted into the air on the top of the m · ~hty billows, at other tit 1cs it came thumping down with pro ligl.ous for ·c on the bar; ;lt lafl: it fl:u k quite fa{l: in the f.md; neither oars nor rud lcr were c ny longer of u(c, and for a moment we o·avc ourfdvcs over for loft ; the wa vcs that rolled towards us broke on all fides with a noife like tlut of thunder, and w.._ were CX} cCling that the boat \VOtlld be ov TW 1dmed by Come one or other of them every infiant, wbcn luckily a large wave, that rolled on a little f~trther than the refl: without breaking into fmm, fct us again ~.fio,lt, aml the oariinen making at that moment the moft vigorous exertio1 s, we once more got into deep water ; it was not, howeYcr, until aft r many minutes that we were fi1fely out of the tremendous furf. A boat, with a pair of oars only, that attempted to follow us, was overwhelmed in an infi:ant by a wave which broke over her: it was in vain to think of attempting to give any afiifiance to her crew, and we were obliged for a time to endure the painful thought that they might be :fi:ruggling with death within a few yards of us ; but before we lofl: fight of the fhore we had the fatisraction of beholding them all fi:anding in fafc ty on the beach, which they had reached by fwimming. After having been detained about [even days at Fort Eric, the wind veered about in our favour, the fignal gun was fired, the paffengers repaired on board, and at half an hour befor fun-fet we launched forth 1 to the lake. It was much fuch another evening as that on which we left Kingll:on; the vail: lake, bounded only by the horizon, glowed with the rich warm tints th'lt were refleCted in its unruffled furface from the wcfiern iky ; and the top of the tall forefi:, adorning the fhores, appeared fringed with gold, as the fun funk down behind it. There was but little wind during the firfi: part of the night ; but afterwards a frefh breeze fprang up, and by t ~n o'clock the next morning we found ourfe~ves forty miles difi:ant from the for t : the profperous bale, however, d1d not long contin ue, the iky bccnmc ovcrcail:, the wave bc:!·an to roll with fury, and the captain judging it advifablc to ft:ek a place ~f fheltcr againfl: the impending fi:orm, the fhip was p1.t ~bont, anl1 'lth all poffible xpedition meafurcd back the way which we ~ had POI NT ADINE/\ JJl lud jull: made with fo much 1leafu ·c. Vtf c did not rc.:turn, ho v vcr, the whole \\':JY to Fort Eric, but run int) a 1rn t.l b q on the fJme fide of the lake, about ten 1 ile 11 'Lnt, flLlt .. red by 1 oint Abine1u: by three o'c1ock in the afternoon t;1e vctT·l wa, faf ... l nn t"C' , ad thi · bufincfs having been accomp'inlt!d, we procc..:d d in th ... long bo.tt to the fhore, which was about two ilc, off. Point Abincau is a long narrow neck of land, which projccrs into the lake nearly in a dnc fouth direCl.ion; on each fide of it there is an extcnfive bay, \\ hich affimls good ancho ·a,;' ; the c.Atremity of the point is covered with rods, lyinJ horizontal y in beds, and extcn ing a confiderahle way into the l.tk_, nearly even with the furf.tcc of the water, fo that it is only in a few pbccs that bo;'.tS can apf roach tl c (horc. The rocks arc of a ilate colour, but fpotted and !lreaked in various dircClions with a dirty yellow; i11 many places he 1 are perforated with fmall holes, a if they had been ·expofccl to the aCtion of fire. The fhores of the b1.ys, on the contrary, are covered with f.1.nd; on digging to the depth of a few t ct, however, I {hould imagine that in moil parts of the {horc the f.-unc fort of rock would be found as thofe feen on the extremity of the point; for where the fandy part of the .{horc commences, it is evident that the rocks have been covered by the fand which has been wa{hed up by the waves of the lake: the northern {hor of the lake abounds very generally with rocks of the fame dcfcri ption. n the "~.vefl:ern fide of Point Abineau the fi:rand differs in no wife, to appear:1.nce, from that of the ocean: it is ilrewcd with a variety oflhells of a large fizc; quantities of gulls are continually fcen hovering over it; and during a gale of wind from the wcfl:, a furge breaks in upon it, as tremendous as is to be fccn on any part of the coall: of Eng-, land. The mounds of [and accumulated on P oint Abincau are truly aftoni{bing; thofe next to the lake, that have been wail1cd by the fi.orms of late years, ar totally devoiu of verdure; but others, fituatcd behind t m, towards the center of the point, fccm coeval with the wor1d itli lf, and are covered with oaks of th largefi: fize from top to bottom. In general thefc mounds arc of an irregular form; but in U u z fome .. |
