Thursday June 2 Killed a moose before leaving Camp. It trot to the river a short distance above our camp On its left bank of the river- climbing banks reach back from the river where below on the same side the sides of the valley is wooded nearly to the winters edge. The banks are covered with the usual growth. Tamarack now commencing to leave and the two top leaves with leaves about half grown. Inhauled our Third meal near the Stony Island. The valley of the river has here become much lower than at Fort Simpson. At one point on the right bank I saw again Balsamain pines but they seldom approach this immediate shores were encamped at sunset on a place about 50 or 60 miles below Fort Simpson. Pete Vacha joined us at 11 am. Friday June 3 Moved an early Start and continued on down the river. These are many shale terrain several miles in length in reached the mouth of the Hanni River shortly after noon and started to ascend it with the boat. On account of the great fluctuations in its volume of water at different seasons it is broad and shallow in places and so cut up into several channels encircling low islands. The current was strong and Troubling difficult [illegible] 10 rounded it about