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other was not moved, but Dykes was near being 

 caught in it himself. After baiting the bear for 

 some time, to enter the dogs, I shot it through the 

 head and brought it, and both the traps down with 

 us. On our return we skinned the bear, which 

 proved in good condition for this time of the year. 

 Monday, August 21, 1775. At five in the morn- 

 ing we set off again, and soon came to the mouth 

 of a large river, which I named Eagle River, from 

 seeing several of those birds by the side of it. 

 The mouth being very shallow, I sent the skiff 

 to the point on the north side, and went up in my 

 kyack to the head of the tide; which I found 

 broad, rapid, and discharging a deal of water; 

 the sides were bounded by high, rocky hills, well 

 covered with wood, appearing to be much fre- 

 quented by salmon and bears, but difficult to fish; 

 nor did I see a proper place for buildings to be 

 erected upon. Returning to the skiff, we rowed 

 round a sharp point, which I named Sepamtion 

 Point, into another large river, to which I gave 

 the name of White-Bear River; the month of 

 which is full of sand banks. At four in t>ae after- 

 noon we got to the head of the tide, where a 

 smaller stream falls in; and a little higher, there 

 is a most beautiful cataract, the perpendicular fall 

 of which is about fourteen feet, with a deep pool 

 underneath. It was so full of salmon, that a ball 

 could not have been fired into the water without 

 striking some of them. The shores were strewed 

 with the remains of thousands of salmon which 

 had been killed by the white-bears, many of them 



