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After doing what work was necessary on this camp, we moved 

 round to the head of the main valley and pitched camp in the 

 valley just below the great Yoho Glacier. Here we remained for 

 a few days and, in one of my walks, I discovered a porcupine trying 

 to climb up the face of the glacier. He had managed to ascend 

 about fifty feet and was sitting on a pinnacle and every time he 

 made to come down he slipped so easily that he was afraid to 

 move and so retired to his pinnacle again. I watched him for 

 about a quarter of an hour, but went on my way and left him 

 still sitting there on his pinnacle. 



On our return from the valley, we went down the main trail 

 in the valley and camped at the foot of Takakkaw Falls, 1,200 feet 

 high. 



"We passed down and descended out of the valley in the usual 

 way and went down by Emerald Lake to Field. While I was 

 stopping at Field, Lady Minto and her two daughters came in 

 on their return from a three day's trip up the Yoho Valley, having 

 travelled on the same road that I have spoken of. She said that, 

 in one place, on the upper trail, a horse made a mis-step and rolled 

 down the hillside for quite a distance before he could regain his 

 feet and, by good luck, he was the horse that carried the provisions. 

 They were dressed in corduroy, just as the ladies had been whom 

 I had seen at first." 



(This is the last entry I have in the notebook this has been 

 taken from and, as far as I can remember, was the last of the 

 late Professor's dictation in regard to this Work — W. H. Fatt.) 



Note. — To Miss W. H. Fatt, Sidney, B.C., is due much 

 credit for the efficient manner in which she recorded and trans- 

 cribed the matter in the foregoing autobiography, the greater part 

 of which was dictated to her by my father, who fully appreciated 

 her assistance. — W. T. Macoun. 



