...thirty-six miles from the mouth of Mackenzie's Kiver, the intrepid traveller proceeded to the Polar Sea. " The purpose of the expedition was now completed, and...fury of the elements ; but the name of Mackenzie is recorded in the annals of discovery, as the first person who penetrated from sea to sea across the...

...characters, upon the face of the rock under whose shelter they had slept, this simple memorial: " Alexandex Mackenzie, from Canada by land, the twenty-second...ninety-three." The inscription was only written in vermillion, and has probably long ago been washed away by the fury of the elements ; but the name of...

...Vancouver, Mackenzie inscribed in large characters with vermilion, mixed in melted grease, this brief memorial : — " Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada,...twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four." He computed the latitude at 52° 21' N. "On the 23rd he reached the mouth of the river...

...they had slept, thin simple memorial: — "Alexander Mackenzie from Canada by land, the twenty- second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three."...written in vermilion, and has probably long ago been • Mackenzie's Trarels, p. 331. washed away by the fury of the elements ; but the name of Mackenzie...

...now completed, and its indefatigable leader painted in large characters, upon the face of the rook under whose shelter they had slept, this simple memorial:...twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- three." The inscription was only written in vermilion, and has probably long ago been washed...

...vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed upon a rock on which he had passed the 423 night, this short memorial : " Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada by land,...July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." It was a necessary precaution, as only the day after, when he was upon his return homeward, he very...

...grease, and inscribed upon a rock on which he had passed the 423 night, this short memorial : " Alezander Mackenzie, from Canada by land, the twenty-second...July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." It was a necessary precaution, as only the day after, when he was upon his return homeward, be very...

...and thereon was written, in large letters, with a mixture of melted grease and vermilion, this brief memorial — " Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by...one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." The return journey was scarcely less arduous than the outward, but they undertook it with the knowledge...

...in large characters, on the southeast face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial, — "ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, FROM CANADA, BY...TWENTY-SECOND OF JULY, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED iSD NINETY-THREE." * * * * tThls I found to be the cheek of Vancouver's CASCADE CANAL. • 237 APPENDIX...

...there, in latitude 52° 20' north, left his mark on a rock by the seaside bearing the inscription: "Alexander Mackenzie from Canada by land the twenty-second...July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." Mackenzie's discoveries added new regions to the realms of British Empire and commerce, and in doing...