^forth-West Continent of America. i§ 



from the South, Here the ridge of mountains terminates. 

 This course was fifteen miles. 



At six in the afternoon there was an appearance of bad 

 weather ; we landed, therefore^ for the night ; but before 

 we could pitch our tents, a violent tempest came on, with 

 thunder, lightning, and rain, which, however, soon ceas- 

 ed, but not before we had suffered the inconvenience of 

 •being drenched by it* The Indians were very much fa* 

 tigued, having been employed in running after wild fowl, 

 which had lately cast their feathers ; they, however, caught 

 five swans, and the same number of geese. I sounded 

 several times in the course of the day, and found frQm 

 four to six fathoms water* 



