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them to find wild honey and grasshoppers, 
both of which serve for their winter food. 
Sunday, October 1. Very heavy dew 
during the night, but the day clear and 
pleasant, with generally a refreshing west- 
erly wind. I observed some trees of Ar- 
butus laurifolia much larger than I had 
ever before seen—fifteen inches to two feet 
in diameter, and thirty to forty-five feet 
high, with fruit nearly ripe: they seem to 
thrive best in a deep rich black loam near 
springs, and on a gravelly bottom. Passed 
at noon some Indians digging the roots of 
Phalangium Quamash. On such journeys 
as these, I am sorry to say that Sunday is 
only known by the men changing their 
linen, while such as can read, peruse in 
the evening some religious tract, the tenets 
of which, generally speaking, are agreeable 
to the tenets of the church of Rome. In 
the dusk I saw a very large Grisly Bear 
(Ursus feroz), enter a low hummock of 
brushwood at some little distance, but 
it was becoming so dark that I thought 
it better to leave him unmolested; and 
though I went in search of the animal 
next morning by daylight, I could find 
nothing of him. 
2nd to the 7th. During this period lit- 
tle occurred worthy of note; we generally 
walked about twenty miles a-day, and fared 
scantily, finding the deer very scarce and 
shy. At noon of this day (7th) we were 
joined by J. Baptiste Mackay and two Iro- 
quois; he informs me that he has already 
given one of his hunters who went to the 
Umptqua or Arguilar River, orders to 
bring home cones of the large Pine for 
me. Pinus resinosa here attains a height 
of one hundred and thirty feet, and a dia- 
meter of four or five. On one of these 
trees I killed a beautiful Grey Squirrel, 
measuring two feet from tail to snout, and 
saw a curious striped variety, and also a 
flying squirrel, but could not secure either 
of these. Typha angustifolia and Nym- 
phea advena are not uncommon in small 
lakes. We saw Mount Jefferson of Lewis 
and Clarke about twenty or thirty miles 
. distant, covered with snow for a consider- 
able part of its height. I bargained with 
DOUGLAS’ EXCURSION TO 
Mackay for the skin of a large f 
Grisly Bear, which he had killed s 
days before, and obtained it for a small 
blanket and a little tobacco. I mean 
use it as an under robe to lie upon, as 
cold dew from the grass is very prej 
to my health. If possible, he will 
a male of the same kind for me as a m 
One of our hunters, J. Kennedy 
most narrow escape this morning 
male Grisly Bear, which he did not 
ceive till it had come within a few 
of him. Finding it impossible to ou! 
the animal, and his rifle missing fire, 
nedy sprang up a small oak which ch: 
to be near; the bear was so close benm 
that he seized him by one paw on the 
and the other under the right arm, bu k 
tunately his clothing was so old that 
gave way, or he must have pe 
Blanket, coat, and trousers were tom 
most to rags. 
climb trees. de 
to seek for the beast, but could not 
with it, though such a supply of food E. 
have been most acceptable. Our last 
ments of meat were cooked last night, à 
gave us a very scanty supper; this ! 
ing a small deer enabled us to obtain. 
breakfast. Thus we live literally 
hand to mouth, the hunters all de p 
that they never knew the animals 
kinds to be so scarce and shy, WAN 
attributable to the great extent of cO 
that has been burned. . 
Monday the 9th. A small Elk was 
ed to-day, after receiving eleven shots, 
weighed about 500 Ibs., but was be 
tough. The horns of this species a 
large, thirty-three inches between fà 
with five prongs on each, all inclining 
ward, the largest three feet all but one 
long; body of an uniform brown, " 
black mane four inches long. Iam 
certain that this is the same sort 
that I have seen at the Duke of 
shire's, and unquestionably à very © 
species from the European 
cended a low hill, about two thous 
hundred feet above its platform, the 
part covered with trees of enorm" 
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