frqmt the fahmg^ o f dte b#i«g qhftwaifted by drifowood..
Thoj:J»fadow ■ through which we paffed; was entifely inundated; add ficfeja
die ftagejof rnyfeofi %nd- angle-, I was obliged, though vifth. great rel«:-
t^n^es, tp f ^ r rd t te>\ be-, carried over; it.
A t half paft feven we beganto glide along with, the current. of the
Peace River ; and almoft at every canoe’s length we perceived Beave'I
road? tp.ap(ifi<ei»ths rives. - At two.» the tfdefnoQn;.an5ol^eft.attra£l:*
odour notice af the: eatranee of aftnttJL river» which peeved to be. the
IbtB?, already meslionedi to haw beetr prefented tonne by a?
native* as>Ate8ihiiliift po-iyfiQa tfl> receive them myrrattimi, h maa*
gioq, thefieforp, rh&t.; being umier the: Beceffltytdfd^vjng^the riwr, o%
perhaps, fearing to meet us again,. he: had. taken- this;-method to reftore!
them to me; and to reward his honefty, I left three times the value of the
ft^qsjiip theft.- plage. Thm fnow.i appeared; iiUepaicbesi on tHe mountains.
A t fqqrin-theafterflqom. we- pafftde the 1 place »where'- weifa&nd.the. fhrft;
Etfldfcda fpj* tffee* night at a late* hour;. Im the1 courfc &B
the day we caug|ht nine, cjutards, on Canddo- geefe, but they woreas yetF
Without, their, feathers.
As fo(onc-as..it was, light we. proceeded on our! voyage, and drove- on-
fc^efpF^^he- ep^sejDt, which was very much diminifttedvin its ftrengtb, fince=
we carafe up it. The water indeed was fo low, that in many parishife
expofed a gravelly beach. At eleven we landed at our encampment
of-the Iqventhof. Jynfe, togumthe canoe, and idry< ourvclptlies c .- we then
re-emb^rhod, and at half p aft; five arrived at . the, places where P loft my?
book
book: of memorandums* emfhe fourth o f Tune, in which were certain- ‘ 793♦,
J _ Auguft-.
cOwfes and diftamee^ between. that day and the twenty fix-th of May, v- —v —^
which B had now art ’opportunity to fo-ppfy., They Were as follow:
North-North-Weft? half a- mile-,. Baft bp North half a: mile, North by
Eaft a quarter ©fa mite,-Norths Weft; by Weft a quarter of a riiife, Weft-
South-Weft half a mite, North-Weft a-mite: and a quarter, North-North'
Weft three quarters-of a inife> Norths b y Eaft- half a:mile, North-Weft
fc e e quartern-©fa) mite; Weft half a miej North-Weft three quarters o f
a- mile, Weft-North1-Weft- one mite1 anda-quarter,- North three quarters
of amife, Weft by North ?© we. quarteroffa mile,- North-Weft one mite
airiftam had#; Weft-North-Wbfthal£aimife,J$ordriN«mth)-Weft; three quarters
of a mile, W^Hone quarter o f a) mite,-No-tth-NbrtfiiEaft- half a mife/
North-North'-Weft two -imfes, and North-Weftifqur mitek.
We were fevenid4y^intgie®hg up<tliat^pa^t oftHe-riverwhich we came
down to-dby ; . and it now fwarmed/.as'ritf; were,' with beavers1 and wild
fowh There was1 rain in the* afternoon-, and about fun-fet- wertoote our'
ftation-fop the night*
We had' fome final! rain- throughout" the night'.' Our courfe to-day> Monday i9.
was-South-South-Weft three-1 quarters o f a mile, We'ft-iNdrth-Weft half
a mile, North half a* mile, North-Weft -by Weftbhree? Quarters of a mitey
North by Weft half a mile; a fmall river-to the left* South-Weft by Weft
three-quarters- o f ; a ‘mfle, Weft-North-Weft a'-mile: and"ah »half; North- '
Weft h y North four miles, a rivuleriom the-right,- Weft-North- Weft three
quarters' ofia mile; a confide ruble riverfrom theft-eft* North-North-Weft