OREGON TERRITORY. 



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tion of the north bluff, where our observations were made, is 49° 07' 

 05" north, longitude 123° 08' 57" west, and the variation 21° 14' 41" 

 west. The trade of Frazer's River will be considerable when the 

 country becomes settled ; it is navigable for steamboats to its falls, 

 80 miles from its mouth. It has a fine salmon fishery ; though the 

 fish are not so large as those of the Columbia River, yet they abound 

 in greater number. The principal settlement is Fort Langley, twenty- 

 five miles from its mouth, which is one of the posts of the Hudson 

 Bay Company. 



