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I think the river line preferable though a little longer. Wood is scarce along the river It may however be procured in two ways - during the freshets by securing drift trees carried down from the mountains and by rafting from the Coulee des Pins, a point of Woods some 30 miles below Okinagan. The drift wood is preferable as there is among it much cedar (Thuja occidentalis) commonly called the "Red Cedar" the most durable wood in the country and always preferable where it can be obtained as well for durability as lightness. N.B. At the H.B Co post at Okinagan all the wood for building purposes as well as for firing used to be obtained by securing the drift trees during the spring and summer. A few Indians were supplied with ropes and with their canoes effected the desired object. I should suggest crossing the Columbia some distance below Okinagan, say at the first favorable point above the mouth of the Riviere du Cidarette This river falls in above the "Grande Rapids" it and the [[Pis-calroiss?]] both fall in on the opposite side (on the right bank). From this proposed crossing there is a good level track all the way to Okinagan the same deficiency of wood always existing. As there would be no object in following the Columbia all the way to the mouth of the 2