sed through mainly rolling and with very little wood mainly poplar with a little spruce and Camarack in the swamps. May 3. Came about 23 miles through a fairly well woodeditry grown up mainly with Pines with some spruce in the swamps May 4. Came nearly 20 miles through a high rolling country rather sparsely provided, mainly with poplar and crossed several small creeks and camped on a high ridge about 14 miles Smiths & 400 Landing. May 5 Travelled through a high rolling country which has evidently been swept by fire and never grown up again, and reached Athabasca Landing about 5 o'clock. Made arrangements to start as early in the morning as possible Found a good canoe in readiness. May 6 Athabasca Landing to 28 miles below We left Athabasca Landing about One o'clock and went ashore about gx dark at a point on the left bank said to be about 28 miles below the Landing. The first few miles of banks are rather barren the forest having been burnt off and never made a stand again, a few pines remaining but very small poplars constituting the bulk. The growth especially on the right bank. Banks immediately at the river rather low but back from the stream rising to ridges several hundred feet high. Further down the character of the banks remains the same but the forests are heavier mainly of poplar (with species) spruce, and a good deal of birch with an undergrowth of outlaws, alders, cornel etc. Large tracts have been swept by fire and the forest killed.