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September 1st Satturday 1804—

Mr. Dourion lift his Kittle & Sent back for it &c. we Set
out under a jentle Breeze from the S. (It rained half the last
night) proceeded on pass the Bluffs compsd. of a yellowish
red, & Brownish (&) White Clay which is a[s] hard as Chalk
(and much resembling it) this Bluff is 170 or 180 feet high,

here the High lands approach near the river on each Side, that
on the S. S. not so high as that on the L. S. opposit the
Bluffs is Situated a Large Island Covered with timber close
under the L. S. above the Isd. the high land approach & form
a Clift to the river on the S. S. this Clift is Called White
Bear Clift one of those animals haveing been kiled in a whole
in it.