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satisfy my hunger with wild fruits found in the forest; 

 and as for nuts, I never found one. 



But in the temperate zone, — dear me! Think of the 

 delicious plums, the berries of a dozen kinds, the 

 wild grapes, pawpaws, persimmons, crab-apples, haws 

 red and haws black, and nuts without end! 



Here in these mountains, we found in September the 

 following berries, ripe and edible: 



Huckleberries; five species, widely scattered; abun- 

 dant in places. 



Black Currants; very common, dead ripe; quite bitter, 

 but good to quench thirst. 



Saskatoon, or Service-Berry; favorite food for griz- 

 zly bears in September. 



Elderberry; in clumps in many valleys; plentiful. 



Soap-Berry; two species, red and yellow; like cur- 

 rants, very bitter. 



Red Raspberry; but we found only one patch. 



Thimbleberry; grows solitary, in green timber only. 



Strawberry; a few found, high on the mountains. 



In addition to the above, which we saw, there is the 

 Sarsaparilla-Berry, of the large river valleys; the Red 

 Cahoosh; and the Bear-Berry, which is a strong cathartic. 



The very desirable bull-berry of Montana and Wy- 

 oming does not grow in the mountains of British Colum- 

 bia. In the green timber we found a beautiful scarlet 

 berry, shaped like a long, thin, Boston baked bean, which 

 no one could name or vouch for. 



When my mid-day rest was finished, I went on hunt- 

 ing. Striking a much-used game-trail on the summit, I 



