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Lakes, Rivers or Plains. The Ridges in general are of a great and at the same time precipitous height, furnishing only here and there a very winding and intricate foot path for the natives to cross over, by means of inconsiderable breaks and small Rivers, formed, I imagine, by the torrents of melted snow and rain, which occasionally descend that mountain in the Spring of the year. I have no doubt, that several kinds of Ore might be found here if properly explored. The natives are in the habit of painting their faces with some kind of Ore about the size of very fine sand and something resembling Black lead in Colour, but of a solid nature; which they pick up, from various parts of the Mountain. In the neighborhood of this place, upon the borders of Mackenzie's River there are a kind of Sulphurous springs, which emit a continual smoke, both in Summer

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