The banks, bottom, and adjacent hills are formed of a mixture of sand and clay.

The ground was overspread with small willows and the dwarf birch, both too diminutive for fuel, and the stream brought down no driftwood.
We were mortified to find the nets only procured one salmon and five white-fish, and that we had to make another inroad upon our dried meat.
August 1.
At two this morning the hunters returned with two small deer and a brown bear.

Augustus and Junius arrived at the same time, having traced the river twelve miles farther up without discovering any vestige of inhabitants.

We had now an opportunity of gratifying our curiosity respecting the bear so much dreaded by the Indians, and of whose strength and ferocity we had heard such terrible accounts.

It proved to be a lean male of a yellowish brown colour and not longer than a common black bear.
It made a feeble attempt to defend itself and was easily despatched.