VOL. II. ] Flora of the Olympics. 269 
At six o’clock I rounded a point in the woods and came suddenly in 
sight of the lake and of the party of pioneers who had preceded me. 
There was not a morsel of food in the camp and no chance of seeing 
the remainder of the party that night, as we well knew from the quality 
of the trail we had left behind us. Two had been sent out to for- 
age, and soon returned with a small piece of bacon and a large loaf 
of bread. By careful division we had about finished our frugal 
fare, when a whoop was heard and soon the Lieutenant appeared 
with a full haversack slung over his shoulders. More help was 
needed for those with the pack animals, and all returned save the 
Lieutenant and myself. We went down to the lake, and after firing 
two shots, the approved method of letting those on the other side 
know that a “fare” was in waiting, we were ferried across and 
made arrangements with one of the farmers for bringing over the 
animals on a raft when they should appear. When! It was six 
‘o'clock the next day before three of them arrived, and later before 
all came in. What a sight! They had been relieved of half of 
their packs, half of the whole ‘‘ out-fit’’” had been left at our land- 
ing place, and with the burdens they bore they looked tired enough, 
and the men looked no better. Three of the mules had rolled 
down hill, so steep were the hills and so untried were their muscles, 
and one had so wedged itself under a large log that the log had to 
be cut off and the mule cut out! On account of this miserable 
trail it was four days before baggage enough had been collected to 
allow us to proceed, and weeks passed before the whole of the 
baggage was in camp with us. Poor trail, the never-ending delay 
caused by enforced ferriage across the lake on a miserable raft, and 
~ lack of almost all wild forage-plants for the mules, actually threw 
a damper over the spirits of the party which only vanished as we 
left all traces of man and extravagant tolls behind us. The next 
day no ‘‘driers’’ being on hand, or likely to be for a day or two, 
I determined to do no more collecting till they arrived, but spent 
_ part of my time in exposing those already collected to the sun to 
keep them from ‘‘ burning,’’ and the rest in trout-fishing. I was 
always very successful, especially towards evening, for fish are 
abundant in the lake, both brook-trout and ‘‘bull-trout.” The 
latter take the spoon greedily, even after a hearty meal. I caught 
one about two feet long, and on preparing it for the cook, I found 
in its stomach a whole trout eight inches long. 
