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large fish.  At this point, a tributary empties into it from the Northwest, about one third the size of the Main stream.  The hills in many places on the east, and west sides, run to the water's edge, and form bluffs. Some portions of the valley are two miles in width, and thinly wooded with spruce, alder, and willow. The ravines thirty (30) miles from its mouth are generally well timbered with spruce, much of which is suitable for telegraph poles.

Leaving the river, we travelled up a ridge, North twenty (20) East across water shed to Attan-enute, distance eighteen (18) miles, and headwaters of the Kanqyuk River. Thence across the watershed to a branch of the Silvik River, which we followed to the main summit, which separates the waters, flowing into the Arctic Ocean and Norton Bay from those flowing into the Korkhpak River. Passed a clump of spruce trees, some thirty (30) feet in height, and one and a half (1 1/2) feet in diameter. There are no trees within three miles of the summit. Distance to village seven (7) miles leaving North eighty (80) West.

Leaving the summit we struck the Headwaters of the Thlekaditthlithno River, one of the principal branches of the Khotilno River, which we followed. Found small spruce trees one mile from summit. Struck up a ravine to the top of a ridge, down which we travelled the stream winding three or four miles to the right, which we reached eight miles from the summit. Here we found spruce