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the roaiing offeet of alorms nnrl R~IO<IR, iind pDsaibiy mBJ.
Iinva Llt tb~ ti-i?ee oP eveli foimer icc perials, ;iiid their
wui?n Jbrpes must not bs nltogcther nltributed to puut-plib
oene timaa.
0ii i(s auatorn and northffeatern sidea tho uillai ia Fed by
ao?isn ay~tema ol' Inkei.? Two of thore, tl>e RiFer T;iy nnd
B1;1i:k LIke Ryotems, snpply Lowor RidBnuTinko. >Ind o<lent-
iinlly th,ougli the Rideau Rivel, i?eruh Ihu Riser OUiiaa.
Ooo -lem, Ilic WolFu Lnke s~?Btem, jains Uppol? llidesll
Lol~e, thu summit lake, and is tlieirforc tril>utaiv to Iioth
ths 9t. Laai?rlieo ni>d tho Ottawaelope Tho o;lioi fon>?
sysiems 1iii?liisb the sapplg of watoi for ths S1. Lnrronue
slol'", noil nlao ai~ thlough tha out(et, in i?enliti? i~o~K a
fi'ent a>natc ~cii?, st hioiton, tbe aoiual hondre.erJ of ~hs
Gaaniio<lue Bipoii Cln the sastol?ly Ride of tho ainnl,<hree
ol` foiii? Hmnll lakoa fo,msoui?ocs oE alipplg. but of thrr;eonlJ
uiah, Ortol? iii,d RaJB Lnko~,~ bnre any impoitsnee.
Tha cumpni?Bivebaedom fiam wnter eouirrer is n sinb.ulor
foiitui?e of Ihe oouiitry boid.riu:: oo tlie Rideau Kivcl? nfter
it loarea ttie lal<o xy~toms. Witb tbe oxeeplion of Ihc Riuol?
Goodwuod (oi? loek), Ii?irh Crock niirl Iho oooth Iiianoh of
tho Ride3u Rirui; not ono of wbiuh has pl?etoosionJ to DBine
moi?o thnn a eisek, the Ridenu bn~ Dirotieally no tiibotni?iae
in lhI8 lcngtb nf about ?O mila*.
Ci?ndd~l??ble confusion Iippsars to eniol <in the m;ila 8J Lo
the looiilily. Dume and ouller of many of the lakeb? io Finn.
tcnno ooonly, al>d it ia thelelo~e deli,rblc to bi?iellg I?efcrtn
tbo lakee forrninE en~en~?li xystom, my aolhaii- boini: oiie of
the aRginsl ehiiiie on Ble in Ihq DBp~.rtment of Rliilrays
Iind C~iiials at Ouawa, whicL MI. F. ~.. Wide, tbe aupBriii-
tendinb snpin~e,' has kindly allo~ed me ~u <?onuult.
Riua Tay 6yJfen-Lonq, Eagle and $Ibor Iiakcr in the
toanships of tliiiohinbiaoke and Oldao, nre i,t the head-
wstois of' LhiJ h)?alem. In I(edford, it ia Piued by Boba.
(piabaolS, originnlly, Bob~a), (:iown ol? C<ro~a) snd Gi?Bsn
Lnkes. gntci~in;: Soulb Bbel?b~ooke as Ibe Bi<~er ~ay, it
hss, adde<l to it, the wslers of F8iii~ensand Sil?rer Lakee, end