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JOURNAL. 
At night ouf hunters came in and had killed one 
deer. 
Wednesday Wth. We had a fine morning with 
some white frost. Several of the men turned out to 
hunt ; and returned at noon, having kiiled a bear 
and two deer. In this plain there are the most 
strawberry vines I ever saw, and now all in blossom. 
This plain contains about two thousand acres, and is 
surrounded with beautiful pine timber of different 
kinds. The soil is very good ; the underwood among 
the timber chiefly service-berry a^nd gooseberry 
bushes. In the evening several^ of the men started, 
with an intention of encamping out to' hunt ; and 
one went back to our late eiimp to look for the horse, 
which had been left behind. The natives all left us 
and we remained in quietness by ourselves. 
Thursday \^:h. We had a fine lovely morning 
"^^'ith a heavy de-w. I went out with some of the parly 
to hunt ; about 8 o'clock the musquitoes became 
tery troublesome; and at 10 we all came in without 
any success. About the same time the man, who 
had gone back for the horse returned with him. A» 
bout an hour after four hunters, who had been out 
during the night came in ; three of them had been 
without success, but the other brought in two deer. 
There are a good many deer here, and some bears, 
but they ar^ very wild, as they are much pursued by 
the natives. There is no game of any other kind, 
except squirrels and some other small animals. The 
squirrels are about the size of our common grey 
squirrels, and very handsome. They are of a brown 
grey colour, beautifully speckled with small brown 
spots, and burrow in the ground. We killed several 
of them since we came to this camp. The magpie 
is also plenty here, and woodpeckers of a different 
kind from any I had before seen. They are about 
the size of a common red-headed woodpecker; but 
are all black except the beily aiad neck, where tl|e 
