I pitched my tent an the banks of the first fork that brings in its feeble tribute, and which we behold rushing with impetuosity over the inaccessible rocks that present themselves on the right. What sublime rocks! How varied in shape and figure! The fantastic in every form, the attractive, the ludicrous and the sublime, present themselves simultaneously to the view; and by borrowing ever so little the aid of the imagination, we behold rising before our tonished eyes castles of by-gone chivalry, with their manyembattled towers - fortresses, surrounded by their walls and bulwarks -palaces with their domes-and, in fine, cathedrals with their lofty spires.
On arriving at the two lakes, I saw them covered with swarms of aquatic birds-coots, ducks, water-fowl, cormorants, bustards, cranes and swans; whilst beneath the tranquil water lay shoals of salmon in a state of exhaustion. At the entrance of the second lake, in a rather shallow and narrow place, I saw them pass in great numbers, cut and
utilated, after their long watery pilgrimage among the pick, cataracts, valleys and falls; they continue this unted procession during weeks and months. Perhaps shall scarcely be believed when I affirm that the salmon quarrelsome. I witnessed with surprise the sharp ef ul bites they mutually inflicted. These two lakes ban an immense tomb, for they there die in such numbers frequently to infect the whole surrounding atmosphere. absence of man, the grey, [grizzly] black and brown bear, the wolf, the eagle and the vulture assemble i crowds at this season of the year. They fish their prey an the banks of the river and at the entrance of the lakes -claws, teeth and bills serving them instead of hooks and darts. From thence, when the snow begins to fall, the bears, plump and fat, resume the road back to their dens in the thick of the forests and hollows of rocks, there to pass the four sad wintry months in complete indolence, with no other pastime or occupation than that of sucking their four paws.