@section 2 {day} @section 3 {au} Lewis @section 3 {dt} April 19, 1805 @section 3 {txl} Friday April 19th 1805. The wind blew So hard this morning from N# W# that we dared not to venture our canoes on the river. Observed considerable quantities of dwarf Juniper on the hillsides (see specimen No# 4) it seldom rises higher then 3 feet. the wind detained us through the couse of this day, tho we were fortunate in having placed ourselves in a safe harbour. the party killed one Elk and a beaver today. The beaver of this part of the Missouri are larger, fatter, more abundant and better clad with fur than those of any other part of the country that I have yet seen; I have remarked also that their fur is much darker. =