And wrote down the Marchenzi. The ramparts gradually decrease in height and 10 or 12 miles down the banks shore sunk to mere banks of clay, overgrown with willows and with a few spruces, a few miles farth on the river winding out into the Delta enveloping some very large islands. We left to the left and encamped at the mouth of the Peel shortly before sundown. Dad intended to remain here a day or two but water birds are too scarce that it will not pay Friday July 1. Carharray rather late and reached the mouth of Peel River shortly about 10 am. The banks here are very low and clothed with willows and others but farther back are steeper. We paddled up the river until 11 and then reached good fishing ground and commenced fishing. The men fishing by turns of an hour each. The river is very winding and are usually bordered by a cut clay bank barn on the concave side the bends are low banks of clay and sand on the other. This necessitates crossing the river at nearly every bend. We kept on