11 



lV.lin.-M laaajMtl !**< 



and earth, on 



Uj covered w 

 dense f oreeu. 

 The mow line, or love* limit of 



jov.totfceat UM Nfta h tori MOOfeel 



al"\ t.'i- a H - w '.'.. -!. A .,',.- .:. -.::.::..:. 



!iiuii(itin imr ami ever island 



forests are dense. Tbe trees are frequently fine, 

 BJM] paajl * ....- ' : v. ?..- f, - . . 



fens* Md Di I !! ^'- H* .::.': . : . . 



ground u deeply covered with tnoss and luxurt- 



. iiiuuntajn i|ur and every 



glOWth Of bril- 

 liant alj>in flowers. 



ntml an . Alaska glacier* are 



absent ; but beneath the forests in 



The majority of the treee are 

 h t epeeieajbe Aettte aad tbe Meftaaa. 



tiat,aiid under tin- luxunani IIM*^ 



flat, ewampjr lands, known a tundra*, ttiat 



for the beauty and dur 



: ,, * . . '..., . , - ; - 



TOMB OF AH ALAttAV 



fr-.i.j. 



,- So 

 the soil is always froxen. 



J'i 



The d. 

 is known in some instances to 



Xi-i-f-l 'JlH f.'. V 



-t- southeastern Alaska the upper 



nt an awvajtioii oi 4jOOO feet* but It decreeeei In 

 wed westward along the 



ase of Mount > 



1.500 f,-, t. an.l it nches sea level on t).. 

 knn nonin.itilA. K.xlmk :-!nn.i. t! . 

 Islands, ami A t .U.ut 100 miles 



--a an. I t he 



.mini Mn. an- trtvlrw. 

 outhea> f the 



>ry as far westward as Yak u tat Bar the 



Alaska, and 



,.: ', 

 i* 



.. ..- 



the fore*t arr 

 few sawmills nave k 

 local demand for Inmbrr 



I r. '..' .'. : 



nt ral Alaska, and espedally in the ntrion 

 drained by the Yukon, the forests are dense, but 

 of vnall growt) ~es are mostlv 



lrucr, and of minor value for lumber. Cotton- 

 wood and small willows grow along tbe 

 but hard-wood trees arr wanting. 

 Throughout t); 

 including 

 -ranl5. dwarf 



berries grow luxuriantly, and are largely 

 by both the natives and white inhabitant*. 



