THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



Pending their arrival I rescued from a spider and appropriated 

 to my own use a fine specimen of Anarta cordigera. Reassembled, 

 we started the descent. 



It was at this juncture that Mr. Stevenson discovered (by 

 dropping the blanket pack) that cornerless objects will roll down 

 hill. To confirm this, the tent, dunnage-bag and bedding-roll 

 were despatched on a like course, after which the articles mentioned 

 travelled by the "rolling method" exclusively— with occasional 

 encouragement from the toe of a boot. Arriving at a plateau, it 

 was decided that one of us should explore the bottom of the ravine 

 for water. The others suggested that it was my turn, and I went. 

 The descent was steep and a tangle of deadfall, but I reached the 

 bottom at last. The rocks were dry! I struck off down stream, 

 and within a few hundred feet came upon water — a spring, pure 

 and cold, bubbling over the rocks for a hundred feet or so, and 

 then again losing itself among the rocks. My friends joined me 

 shortly after, and having drunk we decided that we would camp 

 right there at about 5,000 feet. First, however, the outfit must 

 be packed to the spot — terrible thought! 



I will skip all that we endured from thirst and weariness for 

 the balance of that semi-tropical afternoon. Let it suffice that 

 we and our belongings were back at the camping ground again 

 by 5 o'clock, and that in less than an hour we had the tent pitched 

 and supper cooked. Here endeth the first day. 



July 12th.— By 8.30 a.m. we had breakfasted and commenced 

 the ascent, not on the slope taken the previous day, but that upon 

 which the camp was situated. This proved to be the easier climb 

 in every way — a matter of about an hour or so to the top. 



It might be well here to describe briefly the Coliseum 

 Mountain. It is a long mount of 6,500 feet altitude, running east 

 and west, and consisting of three different formations. That to 

 the east, is a long, smooth ridge, flat on top, and having two or 

 three good clumps of spruce on the south side. The western 

 formation is a round peak with perpendicular cliffs and a flat top. 

 Joining the eastern ridge and the western peak, is a huge 

 semicircular amphitheatre of loose shale* facing the south, from 

 which the mountain takes its name. This is slightly lower, narrow 

 on top, and treed with spruce. The highest point of the eastern 



