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Journal of Applied Microscopy 



ride is one never to be forgotten, especially if the sun is shining and the atmos- 

 phere is clear so as to bring out the beauties of the mountains and the waters of 

 the lake bathing the base of the range. 



Figure 6 gives a better idea of the country adjacent to the University of 

 Montana Biological Station than could be given in any description. The view 

 is toward Flathead lake, which is in the middle of the illustration. The water in 

 the foreground to the left is Swan river, whose outlet into the lake is just beyond 

 the bend. The location of the station is on the bank of the river a few feet to the 

 left of the river at the left in the illustration. The narrow point of land behind 

 the trees by the house is the bar made by the sediment from Flathead river, 

 which enters the lake at this point, and which is some two and a half miles dis- 

 tant. The mountains in the background are the Cabinet range. 



The field laboratory and camping ground are shown in Fig. 7, seen from the 



FIG. 7. EXTERIOR UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 

 AND CAMPING GROUND. 



rear, the only place from which a picture can be taken. Immediately in front of 

 the building is the Swan river, which has a bank here of some forty or fifty feet. 

 Directly in front of the building, and at the water's edge, is a large spring, which 

 furnishes an abundance of pure water, though the river water is clear and pure. 

 There is abundance of room for tents. It has been the custom to live in tents and 

 take meals at the hotel shown in Fig. 7, though since the picture was taken a large 

 house has been erected, offering excellent accommodations to those attending. 

 The field laboratory is not large. It was planned as 'a convenient outdoor 

 laboratory for work. It will be understood that when erected the building was 

 about twenty miles from Kalispell, the nearest town. Carpenters, lumber, and 

 material were difiicult to secure, and the attendance upon the work was very 

 problematical. The plan was to make a building suited to the needs of a few 

 men who might devote a month or more annually to investigation in the 

 immediate region, and at the same time offer the privileges to any who might wish 

 to take advantage of the offer. 



