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supper consisted of emergency rations only. It was very palatable and 

 satisfying. After the meal I skinned a ground hog I had previously shot 

 and buried the carcass in the sonw to try the meat for breakfast. 



Breakfast consisted of emergency rations and ground hog. The 

 latter was so tough we had to chew it as we went to save time, and littl© 

 of it could be eaten. Old woodchuck from alpine regions is not recom- 

 mended as a palatable diet. 



Passage across the rock ribbed pass was interesting. It was up and 

 down the faulted rock, with a tendency upward. Wearily the ascent of 

 Craig mountain was made. After a rest the ridge was followed until the 

 descent to camp began in earnest. After entering the dense timber noth- 

 ing could be seen beyond the immediate foreground. During the after- 

 noon our noise interrupted a bear at his feast of berries. Of course he 

 immediately decamped. We arrived at camp tired and hungry, late in 

 the evening. 



A few weeks later, in the middle of August, Dr. MacDougal and the 

 writer, accompanied by an old trapper, made an expedition into the Swan 

 range over Aeneas trail. This time we took a pack horse to carry our 

 luggage. A week was spent in gathering material. As we were not 



familiar with the region some time was lost in getting into localities de- 

 sired. Ample collections of plants were made. The trip brings back 

 only pleasant memories of beautiful moonlight nights, camps in delight- 

 ful spots, and other reminiscences of similar nature. Of course there 

 was rain, and hail, and sleet, and slippery trail with poor footing, long 

 and hard tramps with good load to carry, but all these are forgotten. 



Necessity demanded that many of the peaks and lakes be named. 

 When collections are made they must be located. This will be apparent 

 The following pages give some of the names applied and the reason for 

 each. No excuse is offered for these. They are as appropriate as 

 any, unless it be some local characteristic which would be especially 

 noticeable. 



Prom the laboratory to the base of the mountains eastward the dis- 

 tance is twelve to fourteen miles. There is a good wagon road to within 

 three miles of the base of the range, but it is a few miles farther by this 

 road than by the trail. Starting from the top of the hill at the bend 

 of the river north of the laboratory one may take a well worn trail 

 through the woods to Nigger Prairie, from there following the wagon 

 road, going either to Shultz's cabin, the end of one road, or to Rost lake, 

 the end of another road, or to Swan lake, where the road ends in that 

 direction. 



The ascent of MacDougal Peak is made from Shultz's cabin; the as- 

 cent of Silloway mountain, Craig mountain or Haystack is made from 

 Rost lake. The mountains farther south in the range are reached from 

 the Swan lake region. 



From Shultz's cabin the old Aeneas trail leads to the summit of the 

 ridge, passing through a notch in the ridge, then to the left along the 

 east slope in a direction northeast, and on to the South 

 Fork of Flathead river. The trail is well worn and easily followed. 

 It is full of snow until July, and in the middle of August the trail is par- 



