the face white. During the afternoon we succeedingly ran the Middle Long, Crooked & Stony rapids and Camped near the head of the Little Cascade Rapid. Banks of River of Sandstone Shale, and Limestone the latter first appearing at the Crooked Rapid May 14. Left the Camp early and ran the Little & Big Cascade which face one horizontal beds of Limestone Waited some time for the Large boats to pass over the Big Cascades and after proceeding a few miles we ran the Mourelly Rapid the last on the river and hastily afterwards arrived at H McMurroay at the junction of the Athabaskan & the Clearwater. After waiting for a short time we went on. I took a few pictures of the high shale cliffs above McMurroay. after leaping the "Forks" the banks on the east side of the River consists of high cliffs of shale surrounding the limestone but after passing a few miles the low valley bec rest less deep though the immediate banks remain much the same. We camped at dark about 15 miles below the "Forks". May 15. We left Camp about 3 am. and caught up with the Scot which had drifted nearly all night at Red River where there is a HBC Post about 8.30. Just before reaching here we saw many nests of Cliff swallows beneath the overhanging cliffs on the east shore but the birds had evidently not arrived. We saw several species of ducks, Grey geese and small geese.