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and mosquitoes abundant.

Through the mountains we were now passing we made good progress, tracking chiefly and only delayed by damaging our [[bardarre?]] the skin of which proved very rotten, and required constant sewing and patching.

The much spoken of "Rapids" we tracked round, (with the exception of one or two bad angles) and they would undoubtably be easily passed by a steamer of good power. The current then, I judge, did not run over 7 knots, with a wide open channel — the rocks revealed only by the white boiling water over them.

The river had at this date (night of 10th 11th June) fallen over 12 feet.

During this part of our trip, got plenty of fresh meat either Nuklukayette Indians accompanying us or killed by ourselves. I was fortunate enough to shoot one young moose. After passing out from the mountains (the Ramparts) got along rather slower, but found no great difficulty in our way, and reached Fort Youkon on the 23rd June, 29 days from Nulato 26 days traveling time.

We found the Commander absent from the Fort, but the men there did all they could to make us comfortable. On Mr McDougall's