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Friday Sept 11. Left Camp at about 7:30 and
proceeded westward along the coast
which was fairly straight. The shore
was mostly rocky and rather low and
some sparsely wooded ridges extended
back to the Mts. which are now lower
than those nearer the point but
have some snow on them. They
are wooded to their summits.
Larger areas have been burned and
at short distance in this distance
left a nearer view shows them
to be covered with willows and
other shrubs whose changing
colors so magnificently colored
different shades of yellow, red and
brown giving a beautiful effect
in the forenoon or hand quite
a stretch of steep clay banks.
In the afternoon we passed along
a long bay with gravelly shores and
in one place high steep banks of quartz
and spruce covered shore, and
just two or three small miles stands
we encamped at sunset in a small
bend bay among the spruce trees.
This part is low and flat.
both a mile or two to the far hills
about abrooklets. As rather common
live oak and tomatoes) are beginning
to change color, and a sort
aya. More tracks are common
in the lower ground and the
sides of the hills apparently afford
the animals good pasturage.
Saturday Sept 12. I left our camp
early and after paddling a short
distance out sail and sailed about
5 miles when we had to put ashore,
the same preventing us from making
a long point ahead this is
probably until nearly sunset tracks
of Moose and Bear are common.
When the wind went down we
made a start, and rounded the
long point which seems to be
the turning point of the coast.
The shore here trending southwest
we put ashore here in a
Shallow limestone Bay. The land
as rather low and grown up
in spruce and willows.