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that by which we made the ascent is an almost precipitous fall of 

 several hundred feet, and far below could be seen small lakes and 

 winding creeks while on all sides the eye overlooked the tops of 

 a wilderness of mountain peaks. The only insects seen here were 

 a few Diptera. We remained awhile to rest and, if possible, to 

 fix in our mind's eye the awe-inspiring picture before us, then re 

 turned to camp, collecting on the way. Mr. Caudell secured one 

 specimen of the grasshopper Podisma polita Scudder, a species 

 recorded only from Oregon in Scudder's Catalogue of Orthop- 

 tera. The others were back from another part of the mountain 

 and reported that collecting was somewhat disappointing and 

 butterflies not as abundant as was expected. 



After supper we sugared along the trail from our camp to the 

 camp on the lower lake. About dusk we noticed a few moths 

 flying but on going the rounds later we had almost as little suc 

 cess as on Bear Lake Mountain, the only insects found on the 

 sugar being a few craneflies and one or two caddisflies no moths 

 whatever. From these two experiences in sugaring at high alti 

 tudes we reached the conclusion that in such localities, where 

 the nights are naturally cold, moths cannot be captured by this 

 method of collecting. On our way back to camp Mr. Caudell shot 

 a porcupine. Next morning as it was cloudy and threatened rain 

 we concluded not to remain another day, so packed up our outfit 

 and returned to Kaslo. On the way down the mountain Mr. 

 Allen secured a photograph of the beautiful cascades by which 

 South Fork Creek descends to the valley. 



Sandon (altitude 3,800 feet}, August ij. This mining 

 town, about thirty miles from Kaslo, is the western terminus of 

 the Kaslo & Slocan Railway. I left Kaslo on the morning of 

 August 13 on my way home, taking the train to Sandon where I 

 spent the afternoon and night, leaving the next morning for 

 Nakusp. During the afternoon I collected some bees and other 

 Hymenoptera and visited the Slocan Star Mine, said to be one 

 of the best dividend-paying silver mines in this region. Mr. 

 Oscar White, brother of the mine superintendent, showed me 

 through a good part of it, and explained everything to me most 

 interestingly. In the evening I made the rounds of the electric 

 lights and secured about 90 moths, representing a good variety 

 of species. Mr. Geo. C. Robbins, an employee of the Payne 

 Mine, went around with me, provided me with extra cyanide jars 

 and helped me in catching the specimens. Since my return to 

 Washington he has sent us some additional specimens. 



Revelstoke (altitude 1,475 feet}, August 14. As stated 

 above, I left Sandon on the morning of the I4th for Nakusp on 

 the Upper Arrow Lake, where I took steamer northward to Ar 

 rowhead and train thence to Revelstoke. At Wigwam, half 



