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from a delicious spring which we discovered in a thickly wooded ravine - The water was clear as crystal & cold & ice but the musquitos which seem to have congregated at our approach, permitted us not to enjoy this slight luxury in quiet but compelled us to push on to the river We found our canoe safe - We reached the camp in safety, the wind & current greatly assisting our progress -- Sunburnt faces & arms, empty stomachs & wet extremities, (for our canoe afforded a "sitz bath to its occupants,) & our wearied limbs bore evidence of our toil in discovering