The only wood we saw for miles together consisted of pine-trees stript of their branches and bark by this element: in other parts poplars alone were growing, which we have remarked invariably to succeed the pine after a conflagration.

We walked twenty miles to-day, but the direct distance was only sixteen.
The remains of an Indian hut were found in a deep glen, and close to it was placed a pile of wood, which our companions supposed to cover a deposit of provision.

Our Canadian voyagers, induced by their insatiable desire of procuring food, proceeded to remove the upper pieces, and examine its contents; when, to their surprise{33}, they found the body of a female, clothed in leather, which appeared to have been recently placed there.

Her former garments, the materials for making a fire, a fishing-line, a hatchet, and a bark dish, were laid beside the corpse.
The wood was carefully replaced.

A small owl, perched on a tree near the spot, called forth many singular remarks from our companions, as to its being a good or bad omen.
We walked the whole of the 13th over flat meadow-land, which is much resorted to by the buffalo at all seasons.