Xocky Mountains. ISf 



Great numbers of cranes, ducks, pelicans, and other aquatic 

 birds, induced us to believe, that larger bodies of water than 

 we had recently seen, must be near. 



Bears and wolves were still frequent. Among the latter, 

 we observed a black one of a small size, which we believed 

 to be specifically different from any of those we had seen 

 above. All our attempts to capture this watchful animal, 

 were without success. Since entering the region of forests, 

 we had found the number of small animals, birds, and insects, 

 considerably increased. An enormous, black, hairy spider, re- 

 sembling the my gale avicularia of South America, was often 

 seen, and it was not without shuddering, that we sometimes 

 perceived this formidable insect, looking out from his hole, 

 within a few feet of the spot, on which we had thrown our- 

 selves down to rest. 



On the 4th, we met with nothing interesting, except the 

 appearance of running water in the bed of the river. Since 

 the 13th of the preceding month, we had travelled constant- 

 ly along the river, and in all the distance passed in that time, 

 which could not have been less than five hundred miles, we 

 had seen running water in the river, in one or two instances 

 only; of those, one in it had evidently been occasioned by re- 

 cent rains, and had extended but a mile or two, when it dis- 

 appeared. 



