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quite fresh; and scores oi' salmon wei'e continu- 

 ally in the air, leaping at the fall; but none of 

 them could rise half the height. The country all 

 round is full of bear-paths, leading to the fall. 

 We watclied there till dark, but saw no beast of 

 any kind. Rctui'ning to the mouth of the small 

 river, we made a tire under a high, sandy hill, and 

 lay there. 



Tuesday, August 22, 1775. At day-light the 

 greyhound awoke us by barking; we jumped up 

 and found it was at a black-bear, which was at 

 the foot of the bank. He immediately ran off, 

 when one of our people going about fifty yards 

 from the resting place, came close upon a large 

 wolf, and was glad to make a speedy and safe 

 retreat. Captain Dykes and I instantly went 

 after him, and saw the beast not far from the 

 same spot: when I sent a ball at him, and laid 

 it close to his heels. We then walked to the cat- 

 aract, but saw nothing. Returning to the boat, 

 we put our things in and were just going off, when 

 I perceived a wolf coming up on the other side 

 of the river, and expected he would have come 

 within shot; but ho turned off on winding the 

 smoke. Al)out a mile below, we saw a large stag 

 crossing the l•i^'e]•, and T pui'sued him \u my 

 kyack; but he winded me, and gal]o])ed off into 

 the woods. Al the mouth of the i-ivci-, we landed 

 and walked I'ound .i flal, sandy ]:>oint; co\('i'(^d 

 with tall })ad wood, to the moiilli of a small ])rook, 

 which comes down a valley from the northward, 

 close under the foot of Mealy ^lountains and on 



