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This Establishment or Post is situated upon the borders of, and at the west end of Bear Lake. I cannot state the Longitude and Latitude. The surface of the Country in the environs is level, interspersed, however, with mountainous, rocky Precipices and an immense number of lakes of various dimensions. The soil is remarkably barren, of no depth and in general a composition of pure sand, crumbly Rocks and Stones. The best Spots afford a mixture of clay with fine sand and Moss of a black colour. The Country is rather low than elevated in general, full of marshes and poorly wooded. That very extensive ridge of Rocks, called the Rocky Mountain, is almost within sight of this plan, & lies to the Westward, extending nearly from the South to the North. It forms a number of ridges in some places, but all have a kind of connexion with one another; the intermediate spaces are generally filled up with small

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