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175 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO N. W. AMERICA. 175 commencement of the sesophagus, & behind the gills, there are two bones of a curvated shape & each containing 5 teeth. Liver large & many-lobed, "some of the lobes ex- tending to the anus. Swimming bladder large, intestines simple. 10th. Since my arrival here my time has been entirely occupied in making excursions in every direction around the fort, & I had no reason to be dissatisfied with my col- lection. llth. To-day set out on my journey to the coast & bade a sincere farewell to the gentlemen of the establishment in whose society I had spent some pleasant hours. On our journey to the coast we passed a great number of In- dian villages, & in all of them the inhabitants were em- ployed in fishing Salmon or Sturgeon. These villages were all of them very populous & we procured from them any quantity of Salmon we wish to purchase. About 6 miles below the Fort we found some Indians drawing their net ashore, & among the variety of fish it contained I selected two species of Cyprinus, which were new ; these specimens unfortunately became putrid before we arrived at Ft. George. While stopped to prepare our supper I made a little excursion into the woods with Mr. Douglass & found Dalibarda repens [?], a large Pyrola, & a sp. of Heuchera. 12th. After taking our supper we allowed the canoes to drift down the river & in the morning we found had gained 15 miles by this plan. At two.o'clock we were of[f] Tongue point where the first plant that attracted my notice was a beautifull & a new species of Mimulus, & we collected specimens of it with the utmost enthusiasm. This little plant grows among Musci on the wet rocks & may be called M. pusillus. It is distinguished by the following characters & is the smallest sp. of the genus. Leaf an inch in length, lower lip of the corolla spotted, leaves spatulate.