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(5 1861 Aug 26 Mon 12 Enc 4th Day 18th Day out Houses in the ground - the white bones of the seal, Took-too &c. all around. The Company of 8 Wolves I now see across the river howling & running around the rocks - howling in concert just like the Innuit dogs! - now beside a noble, beautiful river its waters volumnious & pure as crystal. From this river I have taken a draught on eating by its banks American Cheese & American Bread. The American Flag floats [[underlined]] flauntingly [[/underlined]] over it as the music of its waters seems to be "Yankee Doodle!" I see not why this river should not have an American name. Its waters are an emblem of purity. I know of no fitter name to bestow upon it than the daughter of my generous esteemed friend, H. Grinnell. I therefore with the flag of my Country in one hand, my other in the limpid stream, [[end page]] [[start page]] (6 1861 Aug 26 Mon 12 Enc 4th Day 18th Day out denominate [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] *Cynthia [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]] *Sylvia[[underlined]] Grinnell River. [[/underlined]] [[note]] *I write the correction this day Aug. 14/63 Nyack N.Y. [[/note]] = Now 4 P.M. not a cloud in the heavens am mellowed with Nature's rich tintings. From observations I now have made at various points, I should think its volume was equivalent to a million of Gallons per [[strikethrough]] second. [[/strikethrough]] minute. [[note]] [[?sorne]] this estimate perhaps much too high a million is a vast number! Hall N.Y. Apr 10/64 [[/note]] I may be mistaken, but I think not. For the 1st 1/2 mile from the sea proper, it runs quietly - the next 1/4 mile it falls perhaps 15 feet running violently over rocks - the next mile (up) it is on a level - then comes falls again of 10 feet in 1/5 of a mile - hence (up again) its course is meandering through low level land. From appearance of its banks there are times when the stream is 5 times te size of the present. Probably in [[strikethrough]] June [[/strikethrough]] July this annually occurs. The [[strikethrough]] shore [[/strikethrough]] banks are of boulders for the 1st 2 miles up - thence in some cases sand, boulders & grass. Two miles up from where it enters the sea on the E. side is the neck of a plain which grows wider