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right. We now came in a line with the beginning of the 

 mountains we saw yesterday ; others of the same kind 

 ran parallel with them on the left side of the river, which 

 was reduced to the breadth of fifteen yards, and with a 

 moderate current. 



We now steered East-North-East one eighth of a mile, 

 South-East by South one eighth of a mile, East-South- 

 East one sixth of a mile, South-West one eighth of a 

 mile, East-South-East one eighth of a mile, South-South- 

 East one sixth of a mile, North-East by East one twelfth 

 of a mile, East-South-East half a mile, South-West by 

 West one third of a mile, South-South-East one eighth 

 of a mile, South-South-West one quarter of a mile, 

 North-East one sixth of a mile, South by West one 

 fourth of a mile, East three qurters of a mile, and North- 

 East one quarter of a mile. Here the mountain on the 

 left appeared to be composed of a succession of round 

 hills, covered with wood almost to their summits, which 

 were white with snow, and crowned with withered trees. 

 We now steered East, in a line with the high lands on the 

 right five miles ; North one twelfth of a mile, North-East by 

 North one eighth of a mile, South by East one sixteenth 

 of a mile, North-East by North one fourth of a mile, where 

 another river fell in from the right ; North-East by East one 

 sixth of a mile, East two miles and and an half, South one 

 twelfth of a mile, North-East half a mile, South-East one 

 third of a mile, East one mile and a quarter, South-South- 

 West one sixteenth of a mile, North-East by Easthalf a mile, 

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

 by West half a mile, North-East half a mile, South one 

 third of a mile, NorthEast by North one sixth of a mile, 

 East by South one fourth of a mile, South one eighth of 

 a mile, South-East three quarters of a mile. The canoe 

 had taken in so much water, that it was necessary for us 

 to land here, in order to stop the leakage, which occa- 

 sioned the delay of an hour and a quarter, North-East a 

 quarter of a mile, East-North-East a quarter of a mile, 

 South-East by South a sixteenth of a mile, East by South 

 a twelfth of a mile, North-East one sixth of a mile, East- 

 South-East one sixteenth of a mile, South-West half a 

 mile, North-East a quarter of a mile, East by South half 

 a mile, South-South-East one twelfth of a mile, East 

 half a mile, North-East by North a quarter of a mile, 

 South-South-East a quarter of a mile, North-East by 



