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with heavy dew. Thermometer 41. Started at eight o'clock, keeping 

 a south-west course. Passed two small streams. About noon, in a small 

 hummock of Corylus andPteris aquilina, 1 started four deer, one of which was 

 killed by one of the hunters with his rifle at two hundred yards' distance. 

 The ball entered the left shoulder and passed through the neck on the 

 opposite side, yet she ran three hundred yards before she fell. Camped on 

 the south side of Yamhill River, a small stream about twenty-five yards 

 wide ; channel for the greater part mud and sand. Two hundred yards 

 below where we forded are fine cascades 7 feet high. Country much 

 the same as yesterday ; fine rich soil ; oaks more abundant, and pines 

 scarcer and more diminutive in growth. Spread out the seeds that were not 

 perfectly dry and some paper that got wet, and then took a turn up the 

 river a few miles from our encampment. Picked up a species of Donia 

 in flower and seed and a small annual plant closely allied to Phlox, both 

 in rich light dry loam in open woods. Hunters out in search of deer and 

 not yet come home. I expect a fine fall, as seventeen shots were heard 

 in various directions in the woods. 



Friday, 2$th. Morning dull and cloudy. Only one young deer was 

 killed last night, by Mr. McLeod ; the mother he wounded, but being in the 

 dusk of the evening she could not be found. At eight one of the hunters 

 returned with a very large fine doe. Started at nine and kept a south-west 

 course, and camped not far from the point of a low hill at three o'clock. 

 Heavy rain for the remainder of day and the greater part of the night. 

 Country not different from yesterday. Travelled about thirteen miles. 

 Nothing new came under my notice. 



Saturday, 3Qth. Cloudy until noon, after-part of the day clear and fine 

 with a fanning westerly wind. In the morning dried some of my things 

 which got wet the preceding day. Started at nine and continued our 

 route in a southerly direction, on the opposite side of the hill from where 

 we were yesterday. Most parts of the country burned ; only on little 

 patches in the valleys and on the flats near the low hills that verdure 

 is to be seen. Some of the natives tell me it is done for the purpose 

 of urging the deer to frequent certain parts, to feed, which they 

 leave unburned, and of course they are easily killed. Others say 

 that it is done in order that they might the better find wild honey 

 and grasshoppers, which both serve as articles of winter food. I 

 walked along the low hills but found nothing different. Saw four 

 large bucks. Reached the camp at four o'clock, cleaned my gun, had 

 supper and went out with a hunting party. One female and her kid were 

 killed by the Indian hunter. Mr. McLeod passed a ball through the right 

 shoulder of one and afterwards had two other shots fired with effect, but 

 not mortal. Notwithstanding, although to appearance seriously injured, 

 she made her escape. Returned shortly after dark. 



Sunday, October 1st. Heavy dew during the night ; clear and pleasant 



during the day, with a refreshing westerly wind. Started at the usual 



hour and continued our route. Had to make a circuitous turn east of 



south, south, and south-west to avoid two deep ravines that were impass- 



1 Pteridium aquilinum, Christensen, Ind. Fil. p. 591. 



