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Show S8 scrn three elk, but could not obtain an.' or thrm: they how .. ever lH'ought in thl'CC hawks and a ft'_w. bh~cl\. ducks. of a sprcics commou in the Unitrd Stat~s, _In'm_g m large llorks, and feeding 011 grass: they m·e dJstJ~guashcd by a sh.arp ,vhitc heal,, toes sC}laratcd. and by having no craw. Besides these wil<l fowls, thcl'c arc in this neighlwul'laood a large kind of buzzard with white wings, the gr·ay and tht• bald eagle. the la1·gc n•d-tailed ha.wl~. the blue magpye, and ga·t·a.t numbers of ravens anu ct'ows. We observe, however, f{'W small birtls. t.hr one vhich has most attl·actcd our attention being a small brown bil·d, which se~ms to l'l't·q.ut•nt Jogs aml the ,.00t.s of tt·ecs. Of other arnmals there as a grt•at abundanct>. '" c sec great quantities of snakes. lizards, wo•·ms. and spiders, as well as small hugs, flies, and inst•.cts of difle•·ent kinds. The vegetable productions are also nume~ l'OUS. rrhe bills a)oug the coast are high an<\ Stc·cp, ant\ the general covering is a gl'owth of Jofty I>incs of ditn~a·cnt SJICcies, some of which rise more than two hunda·c~d feet, and are ten or twelve ff~ct in diameter ncar the root. llesidcs these trees we observe on the point a species of ash, the al· d.er, the laurel, om~ species of the wild crab, and sevot·al kinds of undcrbrusla, amon~ which the rosebushes arc con-spicuous. Sunday, December t, 1805. Again we had a cloudy day, and the wind so high ft•om the east, that having vcotu1'etl in a boat with a view to bunt at some distance, we wen· ohli~ed to return. 'V c resumed our oecupation of dt'essing leather and mending OUl' old clothes, in which we passed the day. The hunters came in with a repoa·t of their having seen two herds of elk, but they couJd kill nothing. and we therofot·e again fe<l upon d1·icd fish. At sunset it began to rain vio-lently, and continuCll all night, aud Monday, 2d. the next day. This disagreeable food, pound-ed {ish, bas occasioned so much sickness among the men tbat it is now absolutl'ly necessat·y to vary it. 'rhree hunt· crs therefore set out, and three more were sent up tbe Ke· Up t1le JJ'fissoul'i. 89 ).emahkc creek in search of fbh or bit·ds. "rowal'cls evening one oft hem returned: hr had ob ('t'ved g•·ca.t a.ppcat•ances of elk. and even seen two hca·ds of them; hut it rained so lmJ•d that he could with difficult) get a shot: he had. howcvrt·, at last ldlled one, at the distance of six miles l't•om i h ~ camp, and a canoe was now sent to ln·ing it. The party l't·om Kckemahkc ct·eek were less successful: they had seen uo fish, and all the bil'ds, in consequence probably of bt'ing much hunted by the Indians, were too shy to be alllH'oaehcd. 'ruesday, s. The wind was fa·om the east, aml the morning fail'; bu(, as if a whole tlay of fine weathet· was not pct•miUcd, towards night it began to rain. Even this tt·ansient glimpse of sunshine revivecl the S}Jia·its of thr party. who wct·e still mos·e ph,•ascd. when the elk l ... illl"d ycstcr .. dny was brought into camp. This was the fll'st (•lk \V(~ had killl·(l on the west side or the U.ocky mountains, autl condemnc( l as we have been to the dried fish, forms a most nourishing food. After eating the maa·row of the shankbones, the squaw chopped them fine, ami by boiling, cxh ·aeted a Jlint or gt·case. superiot• to the tallow itself of the animal. A canoe ol' eight Indians, wl10 were carrying down wappa.too roots to tt·adc with the Vlatsops, stO})ped at our c:unll: we bought a few roots l'o1· small fish-hooks, and they th.en left us: but aceustomed as we arc to the sihht, we could not but view with admiration the wonderful dexterity with whicb they guide thei•• canoes ovt~r the most. boisterous seas; for though the waves were so high, that belorc they bad gone half a mile the canoe wa.s several times out of sight, they proceeded with the gt•eatcst calumess and security. Two of the hunters who set out yesterday l1ad lost. their way, and did not 1·eturn till this evening: they had seen in their ramble great signs of ell\., and had JdH ... ~~ s.ix c)Jc, which they had butchered and left at a gt·eat distance. A pal·ty was sent in the morning, Wednesday, December 4•, to carry the elk to a bay, some distance below. to whif'h Illaee, jf thf" wt>atla~r pet•mittf~ff .. v or •• H v |