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menced our voyage into the interior of America. The 
wind and tide failing us at the distance of six miles 
above the Factory, and the current being too rapid for 
using cars to advantage, the crew had to commence 
tracking, or dragging the boat by a line, to which they 
were harnessed. This operation is extremely laborious 
in these rivers. Our men were obliged to walk along 
the steep declivity of a high bank, rendered at this 
season soft and slippery by frequent rains, and their 
progress was often further impeded by fallen trees, 
which, having slipped from the verge of the thick 
wood above, hung on the face of the bank in a great 
variety of directions. Notwithstanding these ob-- 
stacles, however, we advanced at the rate of two 
miles an hour, one-half of the crew relieving the 
other at intervals of an hour and a half. The banks 
of the river, and its islands, composed of alluvial soil, 
are well-covered with pines, larches, poplars, and wil- 
lows. The breadth of the stream some distance above 
the Factory is about half a mile, and its depth during 
this day’s voyage varied from three to nine feet. 
At sunset we landed, and pitched the tent for the 
night, having. made a progress of twelve miles. A 
large fire was quickly kindled, supper speedily prepar- 
ed, and as readily despatzhed, when we retired with 
our buffalo robes on, and enjoyed a night of sound re- 
pose. 
