﻿120 GEOLOGY OF EIVER's BANK. Jult, 



rather agreeable than otherwise : it had a slight 

 odour of sulphureted hydrogen. Here I obtained 

 specimens of a terebratulite {T. reticularis). 



In the afternoon we passed the mouth of an 

 affluent named the Pemhina from the occurrence 

 of the Viburnum edule on its banks. I did not 

 observe the fruit of this bush further north than 

 Winipeg River, but I was assured that it grew in 

 various localities up to the Clear- water, beyond 

 which it has not been detected. It is distin- 

 guished as a species from the very common cran- 

 berry tree, or mooseberry (Mo7igsda meena of the 

 Crees), by the obtuse sinuses of its leaves ; and its 

 fruit has an orange colour, is less acid, more fleshy, 

 and more agreeable to the taste. There is a rapid 

 in Clear- water River just above the Pembina, 

 Avhere a section of the north bank is exposed ; and 

 I regretted that I had not leisure to examine it. 

 As seen from the boat in passing, it appeared to 

 be formed of sandstone at the base, then of sand, 

 and high up of shale or sandstone in thin layers. 

 Three miles further down a cliff on the south side, 

 about twenty feet high, is composed of an impure 

 limestone, in very thin layers, capped by a more 

 compact cream-yellow limestone. The sun was 

 intensely hot this day, and, dreading the mosche- 

 toes, we avoided the bushy banks of the river, and 

 encamped on an open sand-flat, but did not 



