To the southward their view was impeded by a very high bluff point, distant six or seven miles, and a line of cliffs under which they conceived that a river or an opening of the sea may run, but if so, it could not be a stream of great magnitude.

Their view of the base of the cliff was however impeded by the under-features of the hill on which they stood.

They also noticed, as a very remarkable circumstance, that there were no signs of these mountains having been visited by the natives.

The first part of their route lay over an extensive plain, four miles in width, which bore no appearance of the great native conflagrations having ever reached it.

This was so generally the case that, when they halted, they were unable to obtain a sufficiency of firewood.