Journal of a Voyage through the 



miles, South-East one mile and an half, South-South-East 

 half -a mile, East by South two miles and an half, North- 

 East three miles, South- West by West short distance to 

 the establishment of last year, East-North-East four miles, 

 South-South-East one mile and three quarters, South half 

 a mile, South-East by South three quarters of a mile, 

 North-East by East one mile, South three miles, South- 

 South-East one mile and three quarters, South by East 

 four miles and an half, South- West three miles, South by 

 East two miles, South by West one mile and an half, 

 South- West two miles, South by West four miles and an 

 half, South- West one mile and an half, and South by East 

 three miles. Here we arrived at the forks of the river ; 

 the Eastern branch appearing to be not more than half 

 the size of the Western one. We pursued the latter, in a 

 course South-West by West six miles, and landed on the 

 first of November at the place which was designed to be 

 my winter residence : indeed, the weather had been so 

 cold and disagreeable, that I was more than once appre- 

 hensive of our being stopped by the ice, and, after all, it 

 required the utmost exertigns of which my men were ca- 

 pable to prevent it ; so that on their arrival they were quite 

 exhausted. Nor were their labours at an end, for there 

 was not a single hut to receive us : it was, however, now 

 in my power to feed and sustain them in a more comfort- 

 able manner. 



December. We found two men here who had been sent 

 forward last spring, for the purpose of squaring timber for 

 the erection of an house, and cutting pallisades, &c. to sur- 

 round it. With them was the principal Chief of the place, 

 and about seventy men, who had been anxiously waiting for 

 our arrival, and received us with every mark of satisfaction 

 and regard which they could express. If we might judge 

 from the quantity of powder that was wasted on our ar- 

 rival, they certainly had not been in want of ammunition, at 

 least during the summer. 



The banks of the river, from the falls, are in general 

 lofty, except at low, woody points, accidentally formed in 

 the manner I have already mentioned : they also display- 

 ed, in all their broken parts, a face of clay, intermixed 

 with stone ; in some places there likewise appeared a black, 

 mould. 



In the summer of 1788, a small spot was cleared at the 

 Old Establishment, which is situated on a bank thirty 



