These rugs were striped in different colours, crossing at right angles, and resembling at a distance a Highland plaid.
The tombs of the Indian villages on this western side of the Rocky Mountains were superior to anything that Fraser had ever seen amongst savages.

They were about fifteen feet long, and of the form of a chest of drawers.

Upon the boards and posts, beasts and birds were carved in a curious but crude manner, and pretty well proportioned.

Returning to the river, when the worst of the rapids were passed, they descended it rapidly, helped by a strong current, and at length entered a lake where they saw seals, which showed that they had got near to the Pacific Ocean.

They also beheld a round mountain, the now celebrated Mount Baker, which is visible from so much of the surrounding country of British Columbia and Vancouver Island.