Here also was deposited in a tin box a letter containing an outline of our proceedings, the latitude and longitude of the principal places, and the course we intended to pursue towards Slave Lake.
Embarking at eight A.M.we proceeded up the river which is full of sandy shoals but sufficiently deep for canoes in the channels.

It is from one hundred to two hundred yards wide and is bounded by high and steep banks of clay.

We encamped at a cascade of eighteen or twenty feet high which is produced by a ridge of rock crossing the river and the nets were set.
A mile below this cascade Hood's River is joined by a stream half its own size which I have called James' Branch.

Bear and deer tracks had been numerous on the banks of the river when we were here before but not a single recent one was to be seen at this time.

Credit however killed a small deer at some distance inland which, with the addition of berries, furnished a delightful repast this evening.