i is ‘Serving Fungi, see Botanical Miscellany, 
1.83, 
156 
member of my family, who often had lis- 
tened with delight to Mr. Douglas’ well-told 
tales of his previous adventures in North- 
West America, and had caught something 
of the spirit of adventure from the narrator. 
** Your kind letter, dated just two years 
ago gives me great satisfaction, as contain- 
ing good accounts of the health and pros- 
perity of yourself, brother, sisters, and pa- 
rents. Mr. Klotzsch’s method of preserv- 
ing Fungi, as you detail it to me, appears 
very excellent ;! that of scooping out the 
inside would, however, suit me better than 
the plan of boiling in tallow or grease till 
they are saturated ; for, to tell you the truth, 
my dear young friend, such persons as 
myself, in a place like North- West Ame- 
rica, commonly fry the Fungi in.a lit- 
tle fat, if butter cannot be had, and then 
should study diligently, if you ever would 
come à worthy brother of the angle. In 
California I had fine sport, both at fishing 
and hunting; the former principally in sea- 
fish, as those of the river are few and small. 
This mighty stream (the Columbia) is in- 
comparably the noblest in the world for 
mon, Trout, and Sturgeon, whether for 
quality or abundance, But in the Sand- 
wich Islands, my dear boy, the natives do- 
 mesticate their fish! They catch in the 
sea, when about two inches long, two kinds 
. of Mullet, the Grey and the White, with 
another fish of great delic i 
their tongue Ava, 
ey grow exceedingly 
and are taken out for use at 
! For an account of M. Klotzsch’ 
large and fine, 
s mode of pre- 
v.2. p. 159. 
MR. DOUGLAS' SECOND VISIT TO THE COLUMBIA. 
the pleasure of the owner. Thu 
these fellows are no despicable f 
* You may tell your little bro 
wondered that I could bear to go to 
there were Cockroaches in all ships 
I feel now a mortal antipathy, more 
than he, if possible, to these in 
having made a great number of ol 
tions in the Sandwich Islands, th 
Cockroaches ate up all the paper, 
there was a little oil on my shoes, 
nearly demolished them too! | 
I have never seen the Aurora B 
its magnificence, you shall perhaps: 
it by my next letter. 
to the Highlánds 
summer of 1835 
fort and Sabine for all their g ee) 
Therefore be pleased to pardon this ha 
preciating it. 
Interior of the River Coli 
lat. 48°, 5' N., long. 119», 23’ W. 
Early last November, by the : 
the annual express across the con 
Fort Vancouver, I had the great 
to receive your very kind and truly V 
come letter of May, 1832, accom 
a memoir of the late Capt. Carmic 
a notice of the late Mr. Barclay. 
especially at this distance HH x 
When I tell you that your epistle 
only one I had received for a 
saving a short one from the exe 
