We Had Already Passed By Broad Daylight The Scene Of Our Encampment At Coos Falls, And At Length We Pitched Our Camp On The West Bank, In The Northern Part Of Merrimack, Nearly Opposite To The Large Island On Which We Had Spent The Noon In Our Way Up The River.

There we went to bed that summer evening, on a sloping shelf in the bank, a couple of rods

From our boat, which was drawn up on the sand, and just behind a thin fringe of oaks which bordered the river; without having disturbed any inhabitants but the spiders in the grass, which came out by the light of our lamp, and crawled over our buffaloes. When we looked out from under the tent, the trees were seen dimly through the mist, and a cool dew hung upon the grass, which seemed to rejoice in the night, and with the damp air we inhaled a solid fragrance. Having eaten our supper of hot cocoa and bread and watermelon, we soon grew weary of conversing, and writing in our journals, and, putting out the lantern which hung from the tent-pole, fell asleep.

Unfortunately, many things have been omitted which should have been recorded in our journal; for though we made it a rule to set down all our experiences therein, yet such a resolution is very hard to keep, for the important experience rarely allows us to remember such obligations, and so indifferent things get recorded, while that is frequently neglected.

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