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Show U1, the .JJ.Iissmwi. '11 ·nnall canoe, which had bct•n S('(l~uated from us during the fog this mot·ning. Two Indian!! i'r·om the last villagt> also accompanied us to the (lamp, but. having detected them in gtcaliug a knife, they \V('rc seut off. Fl'iday 8. It r·aiucd this mo1·ning; and having chang.-d tlte clothing which had been wet dua·ing yesterday's t•ain, we did not set out. till nine o'cloclt. Immediately opposite our camp is a rock at the distance of a mile in the t·iver, ahout twenty feet in dinmctcr and fifty in height, and towat·d the southwest some high mountains. one of which is covcr<'d with snow a.t the top. \V <' }lrOccedcd past S('V('ral low islands in 1he bay or 'bend of the river to the left, which is hea·c livb ot• six miles wide. " 7c wet·c ht•rc over·htkcn by tJn·cc Indians in a canoe who had sulmon to sell. On the e·ight side we passed an old village, and tht>n, at the distant~e of three miles, entered an inlet or niche aiJout six mil<'s aea·oss, and making a deep bend of nearly five miles jnto HH' hiHs on the right shore, whc1·e it receives the watcr·s of senwal cwceks. \Ve coasted along this inlet, which, ft·om its little depth, we called Shallow bay, and at the bottom or it halted to dine neat· the remains of an old village, ft·om which, howrv ·r, we kept at a cautious distance, as it was occupied by great number·s of fleas. At this place we ob crvcd a number of fowl, among wltieh we kill<'d a goose and two ducks, exactly resembling in appe-arance and Jla.vout· the canvassback duck of the Susquehannah. After dinnet· the three f 1dians left us, and we then took advantage or the t•ctul'ning tide, to go on about three miles to a })oint on the rtght. eight miles distant from our camp; b~ott ht'l'<' tho waves ran so high, and dashed aiJout our r.anocs so much, that st~vcral ol' the men became seasick. It was thcrel'u•·e judged impr·udcnt to go on in the f')rcscnt state of the wcathc•·, aud we landed at the point. rrlte situation was cxtt·ouwly uneomfortabhl; tho high hills jut ted in so closcl) that 1 he•·e was not room for us to lie level, nor to sccm·c our baggage free f't·om the tide; and the water of the ri,•t>t' jq too Halt to be used; lm |