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Friday Sept 13 I left our camp about 730
and paddled across two or three small bays
and then rounded a long narrow point
and turned into a bay which ran some
distance back toward the east. Its
south shore was bounded by a
low sandy flat 50 yards or so wide
and back of this a low ridge cut
by gullies ran parallel to the shore.
This was covered by small growth
which shone bright with the changing
colorage of the willows, dwarf birch,
etc. The sandy flat was beautifully
wooded with tall slender white
spruces. I took some photos here.
I then passed on northwest
as passing one or two small
points on one of which an Indian
family, the first human beings seen
outside our own party since leaving
the vicinity of Fall Rae, or round
another long point and entered
a deep wide bay. We crossed it
magnificently and camped in a
small melt where we were protected
from the wind and waves.
Monday Sept 14. Left Camp at 7 o'clock
and rounded a good sized bay
and started on a large bay but
were forced by the wind to
stop about 10 o'clock. I buried
myself with some specimens and
remained until nearly 3, when
the wind had gone down a little.
I then rounded the deep bay
and passed a long low gravelly
point where the ice had pushed
up great quantities of small
stones beyond this. I took
another similar but smaller
bay. These bays have low sandy
and rocky shores and are
well provided. The Camarodes
were giving quite an impression
to the scenery by its yellowish
foliage also the aspens.
Two or three smaller bays were
next crossed. I saw these was
an Indian camp and a young
man paddled out to us and talked
a few minutes with us. We
camped at dusk in a small bay
having a wide windward shore.