The bark of many trees was observed to be cut into notches, as if for the purpose of climbing; and in several there were holes, apparently the retreat of some animal, but enlarged by the natives for the purpose of catching the inhabitant.

The enlargement of these holes with their imperfect instruments, must itself be a work of time, and must require no little patience.

In some places, where the hole was rather too high to be reached from the ground, boughs of trees were laid to facilitate the ascent.

The animals that take refuge in those places are probably the squirrel, the opossum, or the kanguroo-rat.

At the bottom of one of these trees, the skin of a flying squirrel was found.
In many places fires had lately been made; but in one only were seen any shells of oysters or muscles, and there not more than half a dozen.
Fish-bones were not found at all, which seems to prove, that in their journies inland these people do not carry with them any provisions of that kind.