In the An 1 1 



menced our voyage into the interior of Auk-. 

 wind and tide failing ua al the distance of 

 above the Factory, and the current being too raj 

 using oars to advantage, the crew had to eomrj 

 tracking, or dragging the boat by a line, to whir! 

 were harness- d. This operation is extremely Lab 

 in these livos. Our men were obliged to walk 

 the Bteep declivity of a high bank, rendered at this 

 season soft and Blippery by frequent rains, and their 

 progress was often further impeded by fallen 

 which, having Blipped from the verge of the 



above, hung on the face of the bank in ■ great 

 variety of dii Notwithstanding I 



stacles, however, we advanced at the rate of two 

 miles an hour, one-hall' of the crew reli 

 other at intervals of an hour and a half. The banks 

 of the river, and its islands, composed of alluvia] 

 are well covered with pines, Larches, poplars, and wil- 

 lows. The breadth of the stream some disti i 



'actory is about half a mile, and its depth during 



lay's voyage varied from three to ai 

 At Bunset we Landed, and pitched the tent for the 



. having mad' a ; .' twelve mile . 



fire was quickly kindled, supper speedily prepar- 

 ed, and as readily despatched, when we retired with 

 our buffalo a, and enjoyed a night of sound re- 



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