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evening, I regained my camp, faint and weak, but much pleased to find that all had gone well during my absence. My fret suffered so severely from this three days' journey that I was totally unable to prosecute my fatiguing researches without taking sonic n-st. and therefore amused myself with fishing and shooting seals ( I'liocu rit< Iliixr} . which were sport 'MILT in vast numbers in the rapid whore the salmon are particularly abundant. Two days after I succeeded in per- suading Chumtalia to attend me to the mountains on the south side of the river, which he willingly did. The ascent was easier than the former one. and I reached the top after a lahourious walk of fifteen hours, having had the good for- tune to fine a new species of Pine. Pin us Nobilis and P. ama- hilis. the grandest trees of the tribe, Hclanias tenax. with a new Hhoiliult ndron and a second Pterispora (?), also some interesting individuals of the genus Ribes, rewarded my labour: on the rocky part of the mountain, Arbutiis tomcntosa (Bot. Mag. t. 3320. Bot. Reg. t 1791), was not rare, and I procured seeds of several species of Pentstemon. On the morning of the 1-ith I re-embarked in my canoe and soon after midday reached Fort Vancouver, so different is the length of time occupied in ascending and descending the river. There I had the pleasure to find Dr. Scouler returned from his northern voyage, and so delighted was I to hear of his >uccess. and he to be informed of my movements, that we sat and talked over our respective journeys, till the sun, rising over the noble stream, apprised us that a new day had begun, and sent us .tV to seek a few hours' repose. The rest of this month was devoted to packing my collections, consisting of sixteen large bundles of dried plants from America, and eight gatheivd in other places a large chest of seeds, one of birds and (|iiadrupeds. and another containing various articles of Ircss. etc. A portion of each kind of the seeds was reserved in t.rder to be sent access th continent in the ensuing spring. An originally slight wound which T had received, now In- coming troublesome, compelled me to desist from my labours fi-r some weeks, by hich I lost a valuable portion of time.