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een pees 
July. 
gth, 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
birds which migrate there to breed; as they can 
bring forth their young in perfect fafety from 
every beaft except the Quequehatch, which, from 
the fharpnefs of its claws and the amazing ftrength 
of its legs, is capable of afcending the moft diffi- 
cult precipices. 
On the fide of the hill that I went to furvey, 
there is a large cave which penetrates a confidera- 
ble way into the rock, and may probably have | 
been the work of the bears, as we could difco- 
ver vifible marks that fome of thofe beafts had 
been there that Spring. ‘This, though deemed 
very curious by fome of my companions, did not 
appear fo to me, as it neither engaged my atten- 
tion, nor raifed my furprife, half fo much as the 
fight of the many hills and dry ridges on the Eaft 
fide of the marfh, which are turned over like 
ploughed land by thofe animals, in fearching for 
ground-fquirrels, and perhaps mice, which con- 
ftitute a favourite part of their food. It is fur- 
prifing to fee the extent of their refearches in 
queft of thofe animals, and {till more to view the 
enormous ftones rolled out of their beds by the 
bears on thofe occafions. At firft I thought thefe 
long and deep furrows had been effected by light- 
ning; but the natives aflured me they never 
knew any thing of the kind happen in thofe parts, 
and that it was entirely the work of the bears 
feeking for their prey. 
On the ninth, the weather was moderate and 
cloudy, with fome flying fhowers of rain. We 
fet 
