@section 2 {day} @section 3 {au} Clark @section 3 {dt} May 12, 1805 @section 3 {txc} May 12th Sunday 1805. Set out at an early hour, the morning Clear and Calm, Capt# Lewis walked on Shore this morning about 12 oClock the wind becam Strong from the E# about half past one oClock the wind Shifted round to the N# W# and blew verry hard all the latter part of the day, which obliged us to Lay by ¬ The Countrey is hilley & rugged and the earth of a lightish brown and but indifferent, Some Small Cedar is Scattered on the Sides of the hils & in the hollars, Some pine ridges is also to be Seen on the North Side, we observe great quantites of game as usual. I killed a beaver in the water, Saw Several Sitting on the bank near the waters edge about Sunset it began to rain, and rained very moderately only a fiew drops at a time for about half the night, wind Continued violent all night =