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long lind ;i place in tin- fruit Lrarden ;is well the orna iiiciital border. I also gathered. among other curious plants, a noble species of Arhuhix. A. j>ru<-< ni i Hot. KYi:. t. 1753). We had abundance of excellent salmon, brought to us by the native tribes, which they sold very cheap. I returned to Fort Vancouver at the end of the month, having increased my collection of plants by seventy-five species, and also killed four quadrupeds and a few birds. Till the 20th of June, I employed myself in the vicinity of Fort Vancouver in procuring seeds of early flowering plants, and collecting various objects of natural history, when I availed myself of the departure of the boats for the inland establishments, to accompany them as far as seemed ad visa I tic. Starting from the mouth of the river at 8 o'clock in the morning, in a small boat with one Canadian and five Indians, we proceeded about forty miles that day. The cur- rent was strong, owing to the melting of the snow on the mountains, and when we came to open parts of the banks, unobstructed by timber or rocks, I botanized as we went along. We supped on roasted sturgeon and bread, with a basin of tea, and slept in the boat which we dragged on shore. The next day we passed the Grand Rapids, forty-six miles above the Fort : the scenery at this place is wild and romantic, with high mountains on each side, clothed with timber of immense si/e. The Rapid is formed by the river passing through a narrow channel, 170 yards wide; the channel is rocky, ob- structed by large stones and small islands, with a fall of 147 feet, the whole rapid being about two miles long. In many places the hanks rise perpendicular to a height of several hundred feet, over which are some line water falls; the rooks are chiefly secondary, sandstone, limestone, and blue granite Whole petrified trees are visible clone to the water's edirc. both of 1'inc and Acer Macroplnjllutn. This being tin- season of salmon fishing. I had oppor- tunities of seeing prodigious numbers taken simply with a small hoop or a s p net. fastened t<> the end of a pole. The fish are of excellent Duality and average about fifteen pounds