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159 
passing, on accoiint of the fog, which was very thick 
till noon when it disappeared, and we had a beautiful 
day. We at that time came to the mouth of a river 
on the south side, a quarter of a mile broad, but not 
more than 6 or 8 inches deep, running over £^ bar of 
quicksand. At this place we dined on venison and 
goose ; and from which we can see the high point of 
a mountain covered with snow, in about a southeast 
direction fr6m us. Our Commanding Officers are of 
opinion that it is Mount Hood, discovered by a Lieuten- 
ant of Vancoover, who was up this river 75 miles. The 
river that falls in here has two mouths, through which, 
it drives out a considerable quantity of sand into thj& 
Columbia. Opposite the lower niouth there is a 
handsome island. At 2 o'clock we proceeded oUj^ 
and passed another island. The country on both 
sides appears level and €losely timbered : on the ri^ 
ver the timber is cotton wood, maple and some ash j 
and back from it mostly spruce pinje. We made IS 
miles and encamped on a large island, in which is a; 
large pond full of swans, geese and ducks. On oup 
way and here we killed some of each kind. At nightt 
Captain Lewis had a small canoe carried over to the 
pon^ in order to hunt by moon light, but the party, 
did not happen to have good luck, haviog killed onJ§ 
a swan and three ducfe^s, 
