July 28, 1904, Thursday, Continued with canoes at $4.25 per day and later Napoleon Bois as cook, etc. at $4.50 per day. Each canoeman to supply another man to pole. In evening we packed our rucksacks and then sat on the piazza. July 29, 1904, Friday Cloudy; heavy shower about noon. Had breakfast about 6.00 A. M. after which Fernald, Pease and I rode with one of Mr. Robertson's sons to the "shed" at New River, where we met our six canoemen at 10.00 A. M. Each of us had two canoemen to pole a poplar canoe. I had Napoleon Bois and Sevre Cyr in my canoe. About noon we were caught in a heavy shower and we all got more or less wet, mostly more. We finally went into an abandoned camp and waited until the shower ceased and then we proceeded up the river. About 6.00 P. M. we reached the "Forks" of the Little Cascapedia River. We used a new camp there. The Little Cascapedia River has exceedingly clear water at a temperature of 68 degrees. The scenery is extremely wild and beautiful. Many of the hills coming down directly to the waters edge. The rapids are numerous and in many cases very rough yet we ascended all of them without mishap. That night I slept on a blanket on the floor. July 30, 1904, Saturday Cloudy in the A. M. and most of the P. M. About 5.00 A.M. after all of our party had eaten breakfast we started on up the river. Fernald's canoe went up the west fork and Pease' and mine went up the east branch until about 10.10 A. M. when we turned back and reached the "Forks" about noon. On the east branch a short distance above