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188 188 DR. JOHN SCOULER. cover formed of the branches of trees. The neighbor- hood was plentifully strewed with the shells of Mytili & Ostrese ; & we also found the remains of some of the fish- ing apparatus of the Indians. 13th. My time is now completely occupied in examin- ing in as great an extent of country as I can with pru- dence. This day was occupied in the course of a small rivulet which emptied itself into the cove. The rain was incessant & the ground so obstructed with Xanthium Spinosum as greatly to obstruct our progress. The phe- nogamous plants of our neighbourhood I had some time since exhausted, & my attention is chiefly directed to the Acotyledonse, & I found a few interesting individuals of them in this excursion. We had also the pleasure of seeing a fine waterfall. The water descended through a narrow channel & with great irnpetuousity over a perpen- dicular rock about 60 feet in height. Clambering up a steap rock near the cataract I found Linnsea borealis & Lycopodium. 17th. We made another excursion in a different di- rection to a small point on the N. W. side of the inlet. We had scarcely sent the boat away when we saw an Indian canoe going round the point, but as their number was equal to our own we did not judge it necessary to re- turn. The place we visited was exceedingly poor in plants, the only ones we detected were a species of the order Cruciferse, Linnsea borealis in fine fruit, Noethia, & Pinus taxi flora. 18th. As the morning was fine & the breeze favourable, we made our way to Salmon Cove, where we came to anchor about 11 o'clock. The quantity of salmon around us was truly astonishing ; looking over the sides of the vessel we saw shoals of them amounting to many thou- sands. As there appeared to be no natives in the neigh- bourhood, I wandered three miles up the brook & saw