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(14 1861 Sept 1 + [[symbol: Cross]] away N. Westerly to the [[underlined]] Gate Way - where it is met by the ridge that is extended from the Extreme land bet. Frobisher Bay & Rescue Bay to this terminating point. [[/underlined]] Flocks of little chirping birds greeted me at every turn. Nowyers & ducks were among the game birds I saw. How delighted I was standing by the water Fall beholding its white spray - the clear, beautiful fluid wh. composes this river. The fall is about 25 feet in 3 or 4 rods at - no place over 4 feet fall at once. The river is not as large by considerable as Sylvia Grinnel's - but still much water is passing - tho' evidently a very Dry Season. The indications I witnessed are prominent that the river at certain Seasons of the year is voluminous - bringing down floods from above. The Banks of the river up to the falls are of sand - fine sand except on the the East side for perhaps 200 fathoms below the bank is of ledge from 50 to 60 feet high in some places. I must spend one day in going up to [[underlined]] the Gate Way in the mountains to see what [[/underlined]] [[end page]] [[start page]] (15 1861 Sept 1 + [[symbol: Cross]] [[underlined]] I can see. [[/underlined]] God hath made a beautiful country to behold here in contrast to all other places N. that I have witnessed. Having spent a full hour in this work, I returned to the place of landing. In doing so raised a flock of Partridges. It was an agreeable sight to me to see that the other boat & crew had struck camp & was on their way across the water bet. us & where they stopped direct for our landing. In the mean time the women folks of my crew were engaged gathering the usual shrub used in cooking & placing under the beds next the grass covered ground. I spent a few moments walking here & there. The skull, which was no small affair that I had found on my way up the river & had brought to 15th Enc. proved to be of the White Whale. Many bones of this Whale I found around our 15th Enc. proved to be of the White Whale. Many bones of this whale I found around our 15th Enc. By the by when the other boat had nearly reached us I heard