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OUR CREW. 



to accompany them, were dismissed, and desired 

 to return with the other men with all possible 

 diligence to Mr. M c Leod. 



July 8th. — There was still rain, but a break 

 in the clouds indicated something of a change ; 

 and I had the boat launched and laden with her 

 cargo, which, together with ten persons, she 

 stowed well enough for a smooth river, but not 

 for a lake or sea-way. The weight was calcu- 

 lated at 3360lbs., exclusive of the boat's cover- 

 ing or awning, masts, yards, sails, spare oars, 

 poles, planking, and the crew. The latter, as 

 now finally reduced, consisted of — 



James M'Kay, 

 George Sinclair, 

 Charles M'Kenzie, 

 Peter Taylor, 

 James Spence, 

 John Ross, 

 William Malley, 

 Hugh Carron, 



Highlander 



Half-breed 



Highlander 



Half breed 



Orkney 



Highlander 



Lancashire 



Irish 



Artillery- 

 men. 



Steersman. 

 Do. & Bowman. 

 Bowman. 



-Middlemen. 



Besides Mr. Richard King, the Surgeon, and 

 myself. 



At 10 a. m. we pushed from the shore, and 

 found the rain had caused a rise of full eight 

 inches in the river, which varied in breadth from 

 two hundred yards to a quarter of a mile, as long 

 as it kept between the rocky ridge of the moun- 

 tains, a distance of about six miles. In this 

 part, I remarked the same characteristic features 



