NORTH-WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA, 
ter, to prevent the annoyance of fleas, from 
which, however, I did not wholly escape. 
On the Saturday morning, as soon as Chum- 
talia learned that it was my intention to visit 
the summit of the mountains on the North 
side of the river, he forthwith fell sick, and 
presently framed an excuse for not accom- 
panying me on the expedition. He how- 
ever sent a younger brother to guide me, 
together with two young men from the vil- 
lage, and I left the Canadian at the tent, to 
take care of my books, &c., charging Chum- 
talia to supply him well with salmon, and 
to see that no harm should befall him. To 
encourage my guides, I was under the ne- 
cessity of giving them the whole of the pro- 
vision the first day, except four small bis- 
cuits and a little tea and sugar; at our first 
encampment, about two-thirds up the 
mountain, we left our blankets, intending, 
after having reached the summit, to return 
thither and sleep. But our path being 
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ing detached rocks and PET timber, the 
night overtook us ere we had reached the 
top. I killed a young half-grown eagle, 
on which we fared, and with a little tea, 
e in an open kettle, and drunk out of 
vessels formed of bark, we passed a tolera- 
ble night, without any bedding. Previous 
to lying down, I used the precaution of 
drying all my clothes, which were drenched 
with perspiration from the violent exercise 
Thad taken. The following day in the dusk 
of evening, I regained my camp, faint and 
weak, but much pleased to find that all had 
gone on well during my absence. My feet 
suffered so severely from this three days’ 
journey, that I was totally unable to prose- 
cute my fatiguing researches without taking 
Some rest, and I therefore amused myself 
with fishing and shooting seals, (Phoca 
vitellina) which were sporting in vast num- 
bers in the Rapid where the salmon are 
particularly abundant. Two days after I 
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me to the mountains n the South side of 
the river, which he willingly did. The as- 
: cent was easier than the former one, and 
I reached the top after a laborious walk of 
fifteen hours, having had the good fortune 
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to find two new species of Pine, Pinus no- 
bilis and P. amabilis, the grandest trees of 
the tribe, Helonias tenaz, with a new Rho- 
dodendron and a.second Pterispora (*) also 
some interesting individuals of the genus 
Ribes, rewarded my labour; on the rocky 
parts of the mountain, Arbutus tomentosa, 
(Bot. Mag. t. 3320. Bot. Reg. t. 1791.) 
was not rare, and I procured seeds of several 
speciesof Pentstemon. Onthemorning of the 
13th I re-embarked in my canoe and soon 
after mid-day reached Fort Vancouver, so 
different is the length of time occupied in 
ascending and descending the river. There 
I had the pleasure to find Dr. Scouler re- 
turned from his northern voyage, and so de- 
lighted was I to hear of his success, and he 
to be informed of my movements, that we 
sat and talked over our respective jour- 
nies, till the sun, rising broad over the no- 
ble stream, apprized us that a new day had 
began, and sent us off to seek a few hours 
repose. The rest of this month was devoted 
to packing my collections, consisting of 
sixteen large bundles of dried plants from 
America, and eight gathered in other places, 
a large chest of seeds, one of birds and qua- 
drupeds, and another containing various 
articles of dress, &c. A portion of each kind 
of the seeds was reserved in order to be sent 
across the continent in the ensuing spring. 
An originally slight wound which I had 
received, now becoming troublesome, com- 
pelled me to desist from my labours for 
some weeks, by which I lost a valuable, 
portion of time, at an important season of 
the year: from the 22nd of October to the 
15th of November, was thus passed. 
In consequence of receiving this wound 
on my left knee, by falling on a rusty nail, 
when employed in packing the last of my 
boxes, I was unfortunately prevented from 
carrying my collections to the ship myself, 
and accordingly wrote a note to Captain 
Hanwell, requesting he would have the 
oodness to place them in an airy situation, 
particularly the seeds, and that, if possible, 
their place of deposit should be above the 
level of the water. To this note I received 
a very kind answer, assuring me that my 
directions should be attended to. On the 
