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different, our specimens* show very fe Ww species in common with those 
brought by Minwatte, but bear a much Lahde resemblance to those inhab- 
iting the northeastern States. It is possible that they are from a more re- 
e deposite; but the presence of a few remarkable forms which are com- 
to the two localities renders it more probableyehet i is no'great 
difference in their age. 
I obtained here a “good observation of an emersion of the seisond satellite ; 
but clouds, which rapidly overspread the sky, prevented the usual nu os 
of observations. ‘Those: which we succeeded in obtaining are, 
good; and give for the latitude of the place 44° a 23”, and for the longi. 
tude from the satellite 121° 10' 25" 
ber 1.—A short distance above our enedinip tient: we crossed this 
river, which was thickly lined along its banks with ice. In common with 
all these mountain rim the water was very clear, and the current swift. 
It was not every where Sale and the water was three or four feet deep 
at our crossing, and perhaps a hundred feet wide. As was frequently the 
case at such places, one of the mules got his pack, consisting of sugar, 
thoroughly wet, and turned into molasses. One of the guides informed 
me that this was a “salmon ater,” and pointed out several ingeniowsly ~ 
contrived places to catch the fish ; among the pines in the bottom I sawan 
immense one, ahout twelve feet in diameter. A ste eep ascent from the op- 
posite bank delayed us again; and as, by the information of our guides, 
' grass would soon become very scarce, we encamped on the height of land, 
in a marshy place among the pines, where there was an abundance of 
grass. We found here a single Nez Percé family, who had a very hand- 
some horse in their drove, which we endeavored to obtain in exchange for 
a good cow; but the man “had two hearts,”*or, rather, he had one and his 
wife had another: she wanted the cow, but he loved the horse too much to 
‘part with it. These wie attach Steat value to'eattle, with, which they 2 are A 
“endeavoring to supply themselves. ae 
December 2. —In the first rays of the sun, the mountain stephen os 
a e grad ondi mes toa arhiore Beveed 
region, which would have sh indlieated iy the: Lapis increasing quanti- 
ties of snow and ice, had we hot known it by other means. A mule which 
was packed with our cooking utensils wandered off among the pines unper- 
ceived, and several men were seit back to search for it. — — 
December 3.—Leaving Mr. Fitzpatgick with the party, ‘I went ahead 
with the howitzer and a few men, in ofder to gain time, as our progress 
‘with the gun was necessarily slower.. The country continued the same— 
stony; with cedar and pine; and we rode on until ‘dark, when we en- 
ged on a hill side berets with snox , which” we used to-night for - 
: ls nd ; e _ineback track; although a great s gent 
: oe Eee de ayed 
hed. loft t is encamprent, the mountain trail from'th 
