BIG LAKE. 10!) 



roar of the water, the beast that had presumed 

 to intercept my path lay dead amidst the bright- 

 green grass. The Grey Wolf ( Canis, Yar. ; 

 Griseo albus, Richardson) grows in North- 

 western America, when well-fed, to a very large 

 size; naturally cowardly, it seldom attacks man, 

 except when driven by hunger. I met with 

 three species in British Columbia - - the one 

 just alluded to, the Red Wolf (C. occidentalism 

 and the ' Cayote' ( C. latraus). The Indians trap 

 a great many wolves, their skins forming an 

 important item in the fur-trade. One I brought 

 home, a grey wolf, obtained at Colville (now in 

 the British Museum collection) weighed ninety 

 pounds, although this is not half the weight 

 they attain on the Buffalo plains. 



Found the mule-train and party encamped at 

 the Upper Pelouse falls very pretty, but tame 

 and insignificant after viewing the lower cascade. 

 Nothing of any interest, as we travel continu- 

 ously over the same description of sandy treeless 

 ground. I collected some beetles, most of them 

 new species, described in the Appendix. 



July 6. We pass a lake called the ' Big Lake,' 

 why I cannot imagine, as it is only about ten 

 miles in length, and eleven in width ; altitude, 

 2,000 feet above the sea-level. In the spring 



