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and manned it with a corporal and private soldier from the fort; and, joined by John John-son and William Wells, has stocked it with an apparent superabundant supply both for eating and drinking. About 8 o'clock we embarked for Detroit, pro-ceeded about thirty miles down the Miami of the lakes, and in the evening encamped under a tent near the margin of the river. With respect to the appearance of the country, the same old phrase must be continued; land of excellent quality. We several times went ashore to view the river bottoms, they were extensive and ap-peared to be first rate land. The timber, buck eye, ash, elm, sugar tree, oak, hickory, black and white walnut, &;c. We saw ducks in abun-dance, and Corporal King says they breed here in great numbers. This river affords a variety of fine fish, and mostly of descriptions very dif-ferent from those found in our salt waters. Of these the following are some of the names; black, yellow, and white bass, covers, pickerel, suckers, herrings, muscanago, gar, pike, catfish, sheeps-head, carp, and sturgeon. These are all caught with the hook except the two last. The sturgeon are now on their way from the lake to the head waters of the St. Joseph's and St. Mary's rivers. In company with the Little Turtle, our friends, John Johnson, William Wells, and some others, whilst at Fort Wayne, the conversation turned upon fish, and the then