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be eastern. This season, at Jtilesburg [just over the line], 

 we found C/conic abundant and on its blossoms numerous butter- 

 flies. Pieris protodicc, l : .nptoieta chiudia and a Hcliothis, prob- 

 ably dipsaccns, were abundant, as well as many smaller moths 

 which the brief stay at the station did not permit us to capture. 



At 4 o'clock P.M. of the loth, we were in Denver on our way 

 to the hotel. Collecting in or near large cities has always 

 proved unprofitable unless enough time could be taken to get 

 outside the limits and to find the good collecting grounds ; so 

 our main object here was to outfit for the trip to the mountains. 

 The "we" of this trip consisted of W. E. Snyder, of Beaver 

 Dam, Wis. , our two little girls and ourselves. 



Having brought letters to two business men residing near 

 Denver who were supposed to be able to aid us in outfitting, 

 our first object was to find one of these parties and secure his 

 suggestions. On the morning of the i ith of July, we met Mr. 

 Charles Combs and with him visited the various stockyards 

 and sales stables in search of an outfit. At Union Stockyards 

 we finally found a team which seemed to answer our purpose. 

 There was nothing handsome about the animals but they were 

 used to the climate and the mountain roads ; and. while too 

 old to demand a fancy price, and too ungainly to please the 

 fastidious, were well suited for our purpose. This team we 

 purchased, with an old harness thrown in, for $40. We next 

 obtained a light lumber wagon, second hand, at the same price. 

 This we had altered by extending the sides about eight inches 

 at the top and putting on hoops, over which a canvas cover 

 could be placed. All of these purchases and changes took 

 time, yet it made it possible for us to purchase provisions for 

 the trip, secure a wire mattress [just wide enough to fit on top 

 of the extended box of the wagon and form a comfortable bed] , 

 and also do a little sight seeing in Denver. 



Toward evening of the i2th of July, we might have been 

 seen driving a gray and bay plug team along the shad}' side of 

 the business streets of Denver, and a little latter we were at 

 the side entrance of the hotel, hastily piling trunks, collecting 

 material and ammunition into the wagon, then seeking a more 

 retired street and hastening out of the city. We drove some 



