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promptly when two blasts of the whistle orders the line 
forward. 
But soon we are where we can see the white flag which 
floats from the top. We all rest here while those who care to 
go the few steps necessary to be at the very top. It is now the 
middle of the afternoon and we must not stay long or we will 
not be out of the woods before dark which is quite essential. 
The return trip is made down a broad canyon and there 
are mmany rocks and much fallen timber in some places for 
us to scramble over. Three years ago this canyon was used 
both for the ascent and descent on one of the first trips made 
by the Mountaineers. We skirt one side of the canyon to get 
the easiest grade to the lower end, which is quite broad, and 
reaching this, we have some of the largest rocks of the trip to 
surmount in crossing the canyon to intersect our route of the 
morning at the portal of the narrow canyon. 
From this point we have only to retrace our trail of tive 
morning across the large rocks to the woods and then follow 
the fresh blazes, made that morning, through the woods. Our 
dunnage has been moved during the day and that night we 
camp on the North Fork of the Snoqualmie with Mount Si 
near and in full view. Not all who started made the climb 
and, of those who did, there were only a few who were not foot- 
sore and weary when camp was reached shortly after 6 o’cleck, 
The erbswurst soup and other good things revived each 
one, but many sought their sleeping bags early that evening. 
On Monday, trips were made to Snoqualmie Falls and to the 
Lower Falls on the Cedar River. Depending on the trip se- 
lected, the walk for this day was 12 or 16 miles, which included 
the walk to Moncton on the Milwaukee railroad where train 
was taken for Seattle where we arrived early in the evening. 
July 2d, 3d and 4th, a launch trip was arranged to Hoods 
Canal, an arm of Puget Sound. The main party left in the 
morning on the launch and reached the camp site at Holly 
the latter part of the afternoon. A second party went by 
regular boat across the Sound to Silverdale in the afternoon 
and after walking overland to Seabeck were picked up by the 
launch and conveyed to camp, arriving just about bed time. 
The following morning the entire party went by launch across 
the canal and visited the lower and upper Lilliwap Falls, hav- 
ing lunch at the latter. After lunch there was time for a 
