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coal precisely resemble:i iD, aspects the cae coal of England, ped: with the 
fossil e tertiary formatio 
- These strata ‘appear to rest” upon a mass e%, salaebek lat rock, eile but 
a few feet above the water of the river; and over them is the escarpment 
of pérhaps. eighty feet, rising gradually i in the rear towards the mountains. 
The wet and cold evening, and near approach of night, prevented me from 
making any other than a very slight examinatio 
The current was now very swift,.and we ita “obliged to ‘cordelle the, 
boat along the left shore, where the bank was covered with large masses of 
rocks. Night ov overtookwus at the upper end of the island, a short distance 
below the cascades, and we H&lted on the open point. In the mean time, 
the lighter canoes, ‘paddled altogether by Indians, had passed ahead, and 
were ‘out of sight. With them was -the lodge, which was the only shelter 
ba reheds ‘with most of the bedding and provisions. We shouted, and fired 
uns ;- ‘but all ta ne purpose, as it was impossible for them to hear above 
eho of the river; and we remained ail night without shelter, the rain 
pouring down all the time. The old voyageurs did not appear to mind it 
much, but covered themselves sup ell as Lee could, and lay down on 
the sand beach, awhere_ they _ be until morning. The rest of 
us spent a rather miserable. hight; cand, sto ada to our discomfort, the i inces- 
sant rain extinguished our fires ; and. we were glad when at Tast daylight 
appeared, and we again emb arke d.: 
Crossing to the right bank, we cordelied the boat alone the shore, there. 
being no longer any use for thefpaddles, and put into a little bay below the 
upper rapids. Here we found the lodge pitched, and about. twenty Indians 
sitting around a blazing fire within, making a luxurious breakfast with ° 
ing 
salmon, bread, butter, sugar, coffee, and other. provisions. In the forest, on 
the edge of the high bhai overlooking the river, is an Indian grave yard, 
consisting < of a collection of tombs, in each of which were the scattered 
bon 
me with. many figures of menand animals of ie natural size— 
their appear: ituting the armorial device by. which, ainong 
f rock di ng th ores of the ravine ‘in the 
neigh f the cascades are clearly voleani products. n this 
cove, whid ‘I called Grave-yard bay, and Siather spot of § tooth water 
above, on the right, called Liiders bay, sheltered by a jutting point of huge 
rocky masses at the foot of the cascades, the shore aloug the eee 
rapids is lined with precipices of distinct strata of red and wariousty colore 
lavas, in ee positions. 
The e masses of rock Lae: the point cat gdiive ba consist of a porous 
‘ ieee the river. Here they 
; ms the impressive and pro 
: tic, Ww, is probably the character of the r, age 
t thi ‘ke ofthe panto owy cones, Mount Regnier. and § Helen 
me imation. On the: esd of the preceding November, St. Heleus had 
‘ many skeletons. — The tombs. were. made of boards, which were, 
Fis bed of the river, wearing» , 
minent 
the. rocks of these mountains, we 
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