I saw very little drift wood and heard no mention of snags.

The general features of the scenery were much like those below Mihalofski.

The numerous islands and the labyrinth of channels often permit boats to pass each other without their captains knowing it.

One day we saw a faint line of smoke across an island three or four miles wide; watching it closely I found it was in motion and evidently came from a descending steamboat.

On another occasion we missed in these channels a boat our captain was desirous of hailing.