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or half mile up the glacier. We should have liked to explore the surface 

 of the ice, but unfortunately a river from another glacier and lake, which 

 lay above, entered this river just between the moraine and the end of the 

 glacier, which prevented us from reaching the surface of the latter. We 

 passed the remainder of the day in photographing the various aspects of 

 the glacier and moraine, and in making such observations as were possi- 

 ble. Two of these photographs are reproduced in Figs. 16 and 17. A 

 small bird which we had not noticed elsewhere was abundant, and we re- 

 gretted that we had not brought a shotgun rather than a rifle. We had 

 selected the latter weapon, hoping that we might happen upon one of the 

 larger of the two species of deer which are said by some to inhabit this 

 part of the Andean forests. Of this animal, however, we never saw any 

 sign, and I seriously question whether it ranges so far south. Except for 

 the bird just mentioned and a few insects, there was little of animal life to 

 be seen. The glacier terminated in the midst of the upper limits of the 

 forest and immediately below the moraine there was a splendid clump of 

 trees. In the midst of these we built a rousing camp fire, around which 

 we sat, until far in the night, talking alternately of our present surround- 

 ings and our experiences of the past few months, with occasional conjec- 

 tures as to the health and doings of our relatives and friends at home. 

 At last, wearied with the exertions of the day, we spread our blankets on 

 the ground alongside the still glowing embers of our nearly burned-out 

 fire, and, with our saddles for pillows, retired for the night and were soon 

 lost to our surroundings in a deep, refreshing sleep. 



On the following day we returned to our camp down the river, which 

 we gained with scarcely less difficulty than we had experienced on the 

 previous day in ascending to the glacier. After our return the remainder 

 of the day was passed in collecting a few imperfectly preserved Ammo- 

 nites from a bluff of slate on the river bank, at the mouth of the gorge 

 a short distance above camp, and in making some additions to our botani- 

 cal collections. In the evening Mr. Peterson killed a deer which entered 

 our camp in such an impudent manner, as might lead one to believe that 

 he intended taking full possession. 



On the following morning we started on the return to our main camp. 

 Since we had experienced some difficulty in handling three inexperienced 

 pack horses in the thick woods that lay between us and Mayer River, we 

 decided to pack all our belongings on two horses and let the third horse 



