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smiling, in entire ignorance of the anxiety of his friends and the 

 impatience to get home of those who knew not the fascinations of 

 " bug hunting." 



Ainsworth, July 10 and n. This is a small mining town on 

 the western shore of Kootenay Lake about twelve miles south of 

 Kaslo. In the mountains back of the town which rise abruptly 

 from the lake about three miles distant by wagon road and at 

 an elevation of about 5.000 feet, is an interesting limestone cave, 

 known as Cody's Cave. As this cave is located in a good col 

 lecting region Mr. Cockle planned a trip there, and on the morn 

 ing of July 10 Dr. Dyar, Mr. Caudell, Messrs. Kane and Lucas 

 of Kaslo, and myself accompanied him by steamer to Ainsworth. 

 Here the Presbyterian minister, Mr. G. H. Findley, who was 

 much interested in the cave and thoroughly familiar with it, vol 

 unteered to act as our guide. We found collecting good all 

 along the road on the way up and secured quite a number of 

 specimens at altitudes between 2,500 and 5,000 feet. About 

 eleven o'clock we stopped by the side of a small creek for lunch. 

 While here we made a short search for aquatic insects and on 

 turning over small stones in the water found a number of may 

 fly and stonefly nymphs and cadclisfly larvae and a few specimens 

 of the peculiar dipterous larvae of the family Blepharoceridae. 

 After lunch we left the road, and a steep climb of a half mile 

 over rocks and fallen timber brought us to the mouth of the cave. 



The cave is of considerable size and some time was spent in 

 exploring it. A small, shallow stream of icy cold water flows 

 through it, in some places almost covering the floor. The sta 

 lagmites and stalactites were, in most places, small and few in 

 number, indicating, it would seem, that the cave is of compara 

 tively recent origin. In some places the walls of the cave were 

 of considerable height, but in others we were obliged to crawl 

 prostrate in order to get through. Mr. Kane took several flash 

 light photographs which give an excellent idea of its appearance. 

 The cave seemed to contain no animal life of any kind. This 

 was a disappointment to us, for had it been inhabited by bats or 

 other animals the presence of insects might have been confidently 

 looked for. It was so cold and wet, however, as to be manifesly 

 unfitted for animal life. I examined the limestone mud, delved 

 into out-of-the-way corners and overturned stones in the stream, 

 but found no trace of insects. 



After leaving the cave the party, with the exception of Mr. 

 Caudell and myself, returned to Ainsworth and Kaslo, while we 

 went back to the road and followed it a mile and a half further 

 to the No. T Mine. Here we were most hospitably entertained 

 by the mine superintendent and his two assistants. The next 

 morning we started down the road towards Ainsworth, collect- 



