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aloii^ the iiiiiiKToUH Hiinill sticuiii'^ tlowiiif; lioiii the Mahiftpiiui ;;hi(.'ier, 

 ulii'ii* it I'nriiiM <l«ii(u< tliiekt'tri which are tin* lavoritv rcHort of thu 



t>raniiiK'<>ii- 



Thr clticr > StnnhucuM nu'timmti), an iMvct Hhritb alNiut M l'u4*t in hfi{;ht, 

 i^ coiiiiiiuii liiit not uliiiiiilaiit in tlir <>|hmi, wril «liaiiii'<| tiarts nrar the 

 iiiar^iii <*r thi- lotrHl, iiiuri' cHiMM-ially on Kliantaak Island an*! nrar the 

 month of the Ankow Itiver. The l>i'i);ht, re<l l>erry ri|H*nM iilNmt the iMt 

 ot SrpteniU'r, Init as I U-ft tlie ronntrv iilM)Ut this time I ran not say 

 whrthri tlie natives ns»- thiH linit oi not. 



M' nzit»in /trrmjinra, an erect i«hrnl» iVoni I to r» iVet hijfli, which 

 lloweis ilurin^ tlui (list half of .Innr, is sr.ittnrtl tliioii^'h the denser 

 roir>fs, Thr lii;;hesl altitndr at whu'li this plant \va> found was I.SJMI 

 feet alMJve the H«'a on tlie snh's of Mount Telienkot. « lu'ie, on .lune L'J. 

 tlu" Inids were not yet open. 



'I'hr hij,'h hiisli I'ranberry ( Vihunium iniuciflitrntii } is common in tlie 

 forest re;;n)n, ;:rowin;; more al>undantl\ along the margins of the giadcH 

 than in the dense wo«m1s. The hlossoms are open in early tluiM*. The 

 jiiiit — a bright srarlel berry about the size of a pra — is ripe after 

 August IMI and is highly pri/rd by tlie natives, who usr large ipiantitics 

 in season but do not preserve it for winter <-onsumption. 



The bliirbi-rry i \'iicriitiuni itniU/nlitinn^ix shrub 1 tret in liei;;lit, foriijs 

 a large part of the forest undrrgiowth in the low country, but is not 

 foiiiul at any considerable altitinb'. Thr tVuit. a dark purple lierry 

 largi'r than a pea, is «'olleete«l in great quantities by the natives, who 

 not «»iily use it in season Init prrser\f it for winti'r. <lrying the rrusln»d 

 berries by artilirial heat. It is considered an important article of food, 

 iiid in September, immediately after tin* close of the lishing season, 

 nearly all the wonuMi and children of tlir \illaur brgin coJlrrtiiiL: ;iiid 

 drying a supply for the coining w inter. 



IiuhiiM MjifclahiliH. known :ill along the northwest coast as the salmon 

 beriy, a spn-ading bush Ironi I to «> tert in height, grows in immense 

 'luantities ill the less densely shaded forests and along the beach. It 

 . achesan altitude of L',LMMi trrt on Mount Tebenkof. At this place, how- 

 e\er, the growth is much stuiitnl, as it is also on the sides <if a inoiui 

 tain above the entrance of Disenchantment Hay at an altitude of I.KKI 

 trrt. Thr iVuit, which in general shape re.senjbles the red raspberry, 

 is about an inch long by half an in<*li in <liameter. and varies in cohu' from 

 very light to very dark red. It begins toiip» :i at sea h'vrl about August 

 5, and at higher altitu«les two weeks latir. During the season it is an 

 inilHirtant article<»f foo«l ann»iig the natives, who gather large <|uaiif iti«'s 

 ill baskets. The berry is sometiinrs j'ateii as taken from the bush, but 

 ^ usually crushed in a woodm Im>\\ 1 and ratcn with seal oil. It is not 

 [•leserved tor wint*'r u.se. 



The devil's «Iul) { Kchinopnmu- horridum), an erect shrub trom 4 to 6 

 frrt in height, with sleinbr woody >tem branching near the t«ip. ami 

 densely covered wjtli -i-.i -i' irp prick''-, i- 'biindaiit in all the forest:* 



