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roar of the water, the beast that had presumed 
to intercept my path lay dead amidst the bright- 
green grass. The Grey Wolf (Canis, Var.; 
Griseo albus, Richardson) grows in North- 
western America, when well-fed, to a very large 
size; naturally cowardly, it seldom attacks man, 
except when driven by hunger. I met with 
three species in British Columbia—the one 
just alluded to, the Red Wolf (C. occidentalis), 
and the ‘Cayote’ (C. latraus). The Indians trap 
a great many wolves, their skins forming an 
important item in the fur-trade. One I brought 
home, a grey wolf, obtained at Colville (now in 
the British Museum collection) weighed ninety 
pounds, although this is not half the weight 
they attain on the Buffalo plains. 
Found the mule-train and party encamped at 
the Upper Pelouse falls—very pretty, but tame 
and insignificant after viewing the lower cascade. 
Nothing of any interest, as we travel continu- 
ously over the same description of sandy treeless 
ground. I collected some beetles, most of them 
new species, described in the Appendix. 
July 6.—We pass a lake called the ‘ Big Lake,’ 
why I cannot imagine, as it is only about ten 
miles in length, and eleven in width; altitude, 
2,000 feet above the sea-level. In the spring 
