Below this the river was full of beaver, and had Pattie or some of the early trappers been there, they could have reaped a rich harvest.

The current was slow, and Thompson read Emerson aloud as we drifted.

Gradually the hills began to grow rocky, and then distinct low cliffs appeared, till finally we discovered ourselves fairly within the walls of another canyon, which from the barren character of its cliffs is called the Canyon of Desolation.

It is ninety-seven miles long, and immediately at its foot is Gray Canyon, thirty-six miles long.

Then comes Gunnison Valley, and it was there that Powell was to return to us.