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Tuesday morning 10th October.

It commenced raining last night at 10 P.M. and continued till 6.P.M. this morning- but we do not perceive any rise in the River. We embark at 7 A.M. and pursue our route up River- We have to carry 40 rods by shoal rips above where we camp. We meet 4 Indians with 2 canoes 2 men carrying their baggage by land and the other two hauling the Barks down stream among the rocks they tell us it is almost impossible to get up the Chessuncook unless we carry half the distance- however we head up River in hopes the last rain may raise the River- After going 3/4 mile we come to the Portage on the S. side River by a great fall say 20 feet- Portage is one hundred rods- we still find River bad to pass and have to haul or carry by the rapids- the land on each side rocky and mountainous- growth mixed- some good intervale near the River, but narrow- with great fatigue and exertion we get about 2 miles above the last Portage, and camp on the S.W. side at 1/2 past 5 P.M. it then raining a little.