REPORT BY GEORGE M. DAWSON, 24 Lake is about three miles in length, and has a rather prominent rocky hill on its north bank. About sixteen miles west-south-west of Uhi-ghak, the Salmon River is first reached, the head-waters of the south-western sources of the Nechacco being crossed in the intervening region. The country between Uhl-ghak and Gatcho (more correctly Ilgatcheo) Lakes is broken and hilly, though with no elevations of great height, the higher. parts of the surface being remnants of basaltic and other rocks of the volcanic plateau, while older beds appear in the lower ground. The surface of the uplands is stony, dry and barren, alternating with mossy swamps, in which Abies Engelmanni sometimes attains a diameter of three feet, with dense forests of the western scrub pine, growing to a great height, and reaching in many places a diameter of over eighteen inches. At Gatcho Lake is another Indian house and some graves, the house being the best built of any I have seen in the interior, and, though repaired for a great potlatch this summer, bearing marks of very considerable antiquity. I have little doubt that this is the house mentioned by Mackenzie on p. 307, and that the “river” he crossed (p. 308) was the Gatcho Lake stream, which flows to the Nechacco. Between Gatcho Lake and the Salmon River the aspect of the country is very similar, but in some places, where the dense forest of scrub pine had been partly destroyed by fire, a rank growth of fine grass was noticed. Some of the swamps are grassy, though most are covered with moss and thickets of willows and dwarf birch. Where the Salmon River is first seen, the Indian trail to the Salmon House, and Bella Coola River crosses it, while a new trail made to accompany the Railway Location Line continues down the stream on its north bank. The former will be subsequently described. The Salmon River is herea stream with only a moderately rapid current, and not much depressed below the general level of the plateau, the surface sloping down gently towards it. There are many moraine ridges and mounds, some nearly parallel—while others are nearly transverse to the direction of the valley, causing a multiplicity of small pools and swamps. For more than ten miles down the north bank of the river, trom this point, the woods have been almost entirely killed by fire, but have not yet fallen. When a gale of wind visits this region it will cause an almost impassable wind-fall. There are a few pretty meadows of limited size along the river, and in some places many tall aspens were observed growing among the coniferous trees, a sign of good soil and more congenial climate. The flowering plants were also noticed to be Gatcho Lake. Indian house. Salmon River. Moraines.