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ceetkd on early ; and found the bank^k of Hnow much 
decreased : at noon we arrived at the place wK^i?^^, 
we had left our baggage and stores. The snow here 
had sunk twenty inches. We took some dinner, but 
there was nothing for our horses to eat. We mea- 
sured the depth of the snew here and found it tea 
feet ten, inches. We proceeded over some very 
steep "tops of the mountains and deep snow ; but the 
snow was not so deep in the drafts between them ; 
and fortunately we got in the evening to the side of a 
hill where the snow was gone ; and there was very 
good grass for our horses. So we encamped there 
all night. Some heavy showers of rain had fallen in 
the afternoon. 
Friday 27th, We had a cloudy morning .and at 8 
o'clock we renewed eur march, piccecdLig over 
some of the steepest mountains I ever pasjiiin!. The 
snow is so deep that we cannot wind along the sides 
of these steeps, but must slide straight down. The 
horses generally do not sink more than three inches 
in the snow; but sometimes they break through to 
their bellies. We kept on without halting to about 
5 o'clock in the evening, when we stopped at the side 
of a hill where the snow was off, and where there was 
a little grass ; and we here encamped for the night. 
The day was pleasant throughout ; but it appeared 
to me somewhat extraordinary, to be travelling over 
snow six or eight feet deep in thci latter end of June. 
The most of us, however, had saved our socks as 
we expected to find snow on these mountains. 
Saturday 2^1 h. The morning was pleasant, we set 
out early, and passed the place where we had en- 
camped on the 15th Sept. fast when the snow fell on 
us. After passing this place about a mile, we took 
a left hand path, and travelled along high iidges till 
noon, when we came to a good place of grass; 
where we halted and remained all the afternoon to let 
oar horses feed, as thev had but little gra.ss last niaht. 
