In Camp at Glacier Bay 



views were developed and I sketched the glacier from 

 this high point and most of its upper fountains. 



Many fine alpine plants grew here, an anemone on 

 the summit, two species of cassiope in shaggy mats, 

 three or four dwarf willows, large blue hairy lupines 

 eighteen inches high, parnassia, phlox, solidago, 

 dandelion, white-flowered bryanthus, daisy, pedicu- 

 laris, epilobium, etc., with grasses, sedges, mosses, 

 and lichens, forming a delightful deep spongy sod. 

 Woodchucks stood erect and piped dolefully for an 

 hour "Chee-chee!" with jaws absurdly stretched to 

 emit so thin a note — rusty-looking, seedy fellows, 

 also a smaller striped species which stood erect and 

 cheeped and whistled like a Douglas squirrel. I saw 

 three or four species of birds. A finch flew from her 

 nest at my feet; and I almost stepped on a family of 

 young ptarmigan ere they scattered, little bunches 

 of downy brown silk, small but able to run well. They 

 scattered along a snow-bank, over boulders, through 

 willows, grass, and flowers, while the mother, very 

 lame, tumbled and sprawled at my feet. I stood still 

 until the little ones began to peep ; the mother an- 

 swered "Too-too-too" and showed admirable judg- 

 ment and devotion. She was in brown plumage with 

 white on the wing primaries. She had fine grounds on 

 which to lead and feed her young. 



Not a cloud in the sky to-day; a faint film to the 

 north vanished by noon, leaving all the sky full of 

 soft, hazy light. The magnificent mountains around 

 the widespread tributaries of the glacier; the great, 

 gently undulating, prairie-like expanse of the main 



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