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94 [[underlined]] Aug 24th [[/underlined]] Left Mr W--s in a canoe & travelled down the Cowlitz arriving at Rainier late in the afternoon. The navigation is dangerous even now from the great numbers of snags and rapids in the river - Found at R. Capt. [[N?]] -s going down next day so that I concluded to stay The mountains here border the river valleys alternately on each side while the bottom lands are sandy & subject to inundation - Cottonwood & willow are the principal deciduous trees & the hills are covered with evergreens- Noticed the Fishhawk? the first seen. Aug 25th Started from Rainier as above & descended the river about 20 miles - camping at dark on the north shore - For the last ten miles cliffs of Basalt occur at intervals each side where the river passes through a range of Mts - These are very gradual in slope & resemble roofs in many places. The cliffs are columnar basalt of various qualities all perpendicular & in several layers. Noticed quantities of a species of [[Sencisens ?]] like those caught in the Willamette Heard flocks of Geese this evening -- [[end page]] [[start page]] 95 Aug 26th Started at daylight & travelled on about ten miles stopping on the north of Chinook Point on account of the roughness of the Bay - between St. Grays Bay Sandstone? appears & continues down to Chinook the rock being apparently metamorphic and without fossills. Saw here the lizard No 11 of coll. 1853 among the logs along shore. Also a species of Gadus dead from surfeiting on small herrings. Weather squally & showery. Last night there were thunder & lightning in the south - [[Notices?]] Cormorants -- Aug 27th Continued [[from ?]] the Portage on the Wallacut where we arrived at noon. Soon after it began to rain & continued to do so all day & part of the night - Bakers bay is here dangerous to sail across & generally rough at all seasons - Aug 28th Crossed the Portage to Martins. Shot some specimens here & saw the Canada jay in a small flock among the trees whistling loudly like a Parrot -- Its flight & habits resemble that of the Stellers jay with which it associates Saw also Marsh hawks & "Buteo Swainsoni"?
