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sa?w a deer. the river verry crooked and filled with Islands pro?ceeded on Saw 2 deer little a head. one of the hunters went ? them and killed a panther on an island. it differs from those in the States it was 7 1/2 feet long & redish coulour. the turshes long the tallants larger ? not verry long. passed verry rapid water so that we? had to double man the canoes and drag them ? the sholes & rapids. passed a large prarie on S. Side ? grass & bushes along the river. the bottoms has been bur?ned over by the natives I expect last fall. passed a v?erry large spring on L.S. which makes from under the mou?ntains. the beaver has damed up the mouth & built lod?ges all through the pond it forms. it falls over the bea?ver dam in to the river verry steep about 4 feet. ?ed over a bad rapid and halted about one to dine at a b?ottom of timber on the S. Side the day pleasant & warm we proceeded on passed several springs one large on on L.S. plains ? bottoms some of which is covred with cotton & birch timber ? river still getting more rapid and the rapids longer threw ?ow. came 11 1/2 miles this day and camped on L.Side bot. wood 230