200 STietch of the Life of Mr, David Douglas, 



tified drifts, and for the driftage of boulders and other materials, 

 and the erosion that accompanied its deposition. Into these 

 subjects I do not propose to enter; my object in these remarks 

 being merely to give the reasons for my belief stated in previous 

 papers on this subject, that the differencG of climate between 

 pleistocene and modern Canada, and the less amount of that diffe- 

 rence relatively to that which has occurred in western Europe, 

 may be explained by a consideration of the changes of level which 

 the structure and distribution of the boulder clay and the over- 

 lying fossihferous beds prove to have occurred. 



ARTICLE 'X.Yl.— Abridged Sketch of the life of Mr. David 

 Douglas J Botanist ^ with a few details of his travels and 

 discoveries, 



{Continued from last Number.') 



Turning with the boats as far back as Wallawalla, Douglas 

 proceeded on horseback to the Fourches de I'Eau claire, up the 

 south branch of the Columbia about 150 miles. The party 

 which he accompanied thither came this length for the purpose of 

 trading horses, but getting into difficulties with the Shohoptins, 

 or Nez-perces Indians, and Mr. Douglas finding that little new 

 could be obtained in that quarter, his steps were bent right north 

 to Spokan House, where he was again kindly welcomed by the 

 old hunter Jacquo Finlay. After parting with Jacquo, in crossing 

 the Cedar river lying between Spokan and the Columbia, his 

 horse stuck in the mud, and in the struggle to get extricated the rider 

 was struck a sharp blow that threw him headlong into the water. 

 This misfortune cost him his knapsack, which contained all the 

 seeds he had collected, and his note-book, which were lost in the 

 stream. In this trim he pursued his route, reaching Fort Colvile 

 on the 5th of August, where he found Mr. John Dease in charge. 

 An account of a fray between the natives, viz, the Kettle Falls 

 Indians, and a portion of the Cootanies Tribe, who had come to 

 this quarter for the purpose of fishing, is thus given by Douglas. — 



" The parties met to day stark naked, at our camp, painted 

 " some red, some black, others white and yellow, all with their bows 



