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a basin of tea, made a good supper on one 
of them. Ihad certainly been very hungry, 
yet, strange to say, as soon as I saw the 
birds fall, my appetite fled, and I could 
hardly persuade myself I had been in such 
want. 
Our fire having attracted the attention of 
my guide's friends living on the other side 
the bay, who were looking out for him, they 
senta canoe. Arriving at midnight I was 1 
asleep, and did not know of the fortunate 
circumstance till he woke me in the morn- 
ing, for he had not allowed them to make 
any noise to disturb me, since I had taken 
little or no rest during three preceding 
nights. s we were crossing the bay 
together I killed two gulls, one large and 
white, with a bluish hue on the wings, 
which were tipped with black, the other of 
equal size, but all mottled with grey ;— 
also a species of Colymbus ; but I had no 
opportunity of preserving them, I reached 
my guide’s house at dusk, and remained 
there several days, partaking of whatever 
they could spare, and treated with all the 
kindness and hospitality which Indian cour- 
tesy could suggest. During this time I 
procured a little seed of Helonias tenaz, 
though not so much as I could wish, owing 
to the lateness of the season, with abund- 
ance of the seeds of a splendid Carez, and 
a Lupine (L. littoralis.) The roots of 
the latter plant are collected by the natives, 
and roasted on the embers, and they are 
the Liquorice alluded to by Lewis and 
; they contain much farinaceous 
Substance, and are a very nutritive food ; 
as mentioned above, the natives call them 
Somuchtan, à 
On the 7th of November I proceeded 
up the river Cheeheelie, with my guide, in 
a canoe, stopping at such places as pre- 
sented any thing new. On the llth I had 
attained a distance of sixty miles from the 
ocean, when, discouraged by the deluges 
of rain which fell, and finding that my 
canoe was too large to proceed farther, 
owing to the cascades and occasional shal- 
lowness of the water, I discontinued my 
voyage, which was intended to extend to 
.. the source of the river, and dismissed my 
DOUGLAS’ SKETCH OF A JOURNEY TO THE 
guide, after making him such p 
I deemed were well deserved b 
and kindness I had experienced 
hands. Before leaving me, howe 
man, called * the Beard," by 
entreated me to shave him, as he 
New Year, at the Fort, when I would 
him a smoke and a dram, and shave 
again. He asked me farther, —'' to 
King George's chiefs know about 
when I spoke to them on paper” 
river is a large stream nearly as wi 
the Thames, very rapid, interru 
many parts with cascades, and having 
and rocky banks covered with woods, 
those found on the Columbia. 
At the village where I stopped, 
gained with an Indian to carry my 
on his horse to the Cowalidsk river, 
miles distant, a considerable stream, 
empties itself into the Columbia. | 
some difficulty in arranging with the 
and found him the most mercenary 
I ever yet met. Having no * 
tive, I had to give him twenty 
ammunition, two feet of tobacco, 
flints, and a little vermilion. 
This distance, though not more ^ 
miles, took two days ; the low places? 
causes. 
sumed all the berries I had called 
Mr. Mackenzie, who accompanied ' 
fered severely from eating the TO" 
species of Narthecium. Fortuna 
found at the Cowalidsk a small boa 
Schachanaway, the chief, bad b 
from the establishment a few da; 
and he also gave us some roots, 
mon, and a goose (Anas Canadens 
following day we descended tbe ™ 
