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pist rigged up a table similar to the one described, having saved the lumber and 

 nails, both being a necessary feature in the unsettled region. The ornithologists 

 are shown at work in Fig. 5. This table and roof is similar to that made use of 

 in all camps. The lake lies in the middle foreground, just out of sight, being 

 lower down. Under the table are to be seen various sizes of zincs, cylindrical 

 in form, and almost closed. These are used for placing and holding the made 

 skins while they dry. It is often necessary' to pack the skins before they are dry, 

 and even afterward the jolting the mountain roads give them is something very 

 difficult to understand except by those who have been over the ground. By 

 placing each skin in a zinc cylinder, the cylinders being of different sizes and 

 lengths to accommodate different sized birds, it is then an easy matter to pack 

 the skins, and at any time get them out to dry without danger of injuring the 

 feathers and spoiling the shape. It is true the zincs are heavy, but they seem to 

 be a necessity in this kind of work. They work as well with mammal skins, and 

 are also employed in preserving small mimmal skins. 



FIG 6. VIEW OF UPPER END OF FLATHEAD LAKE, SWAN RIVER OUTLET. 



For the ornithologists long excursions were unnecessary, as the region all 

 about is dense woods up to the mountain sides, and it was necessar)' but to take 

 a handful of shells and go a few steps from camp in order to secure enough spec- 

 imens for a half day's work. The picture was taken on a Seed orthochromatic 

 plate with ray filter. 



It is needless to relate instances of camp life, or to describe further methods 

 of work. It is in order to say, however, that to change camp and get to the sta- 

 tion, a distance of only about fifty miles, one must descend a thousand feet over 

 bad road with all the paraphernalia of camp, and, with all material, cross the res- 

 ervation, a distance to the lake of twenty or twenty-five miles, taking a day. dump 

 the material off at the lake shore and again pile it on the small launch or the large 

 steamer, whichever is taken, cross the lake, a distance of about thirty miles, again 

 unload, and establish camp or take quarters at the farm house near. But the 



