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for several hundred feet down its sides, consists of noth- 

 ing but rocks and large boulders ; while the crevices in many 

 cases are packed with snow. At the time of our arrival at the 

 top of the Peak — which was about 11.30 in the morning — the 

 thermometer registered 52 degrees, while at Manitou, some 

 8,000 feet below us, it was high in the eighties. On our way 

 down from the ' ' Peak ' ' we stopped off at the ' ' Half Way 

 House" and spent several hours collecting in Dark Canon, the 

 entrance to which is directly back of the house. 



Having been so well pleased with our collecting in Dark 

 Canon yesterday, to-day (Friday, June 30th) we concluded 

 to go up again. We started about 7 o'clock, collecting as we 

 slowly went along, and after three hours of very hard work at 

 last reached our destination. The "Half Way House" is 

 about three thousand feet above Manitou, and the ascent is 

 about 1,000 feet to the mile, so that the task of walking up is 

 no child's play, particularly to one who is not accustomed to 

 this kind of exercise. However, it is nothing unusual for par- 

 ties to walk the entire distance to the top of the Peak in one 

 day, and had we remained longer at Manitou I have no doubt 

 that we also would have accomplished the feat. 



This morning (Saturday, July ist) we packed up our "duds," 

 and bidding farewell to Manitou and Pike's Peak, we boarded 

 a trolley car and were soon over at the station at Colorado 

 Springs. Our train left at 10.55, and soon we were dashing 

 along on our way to Salt Lake City. The ride through the 

 Royal Gorge and over the Divide was one that I shall never 

 forget, but I shall not attempt to describe it, as words would 

 fail me and I would consume too much of your valuable time ; 

 besides, I have no photographs with which to back up my 

 assertions. 



On Sunday July 2nd, shortly after noon, our train arrived at 

 Salt L,ake City, just two hours behind time. After securing 

 accomodations and looking after our baggage, we found it was 

 too late to do any more daylight collecting that day. The 

 next day found us up bright and early and off to Fort Doug- 

 lass, which is situated a short distance from the mouth of Red 

 Butte Canon. The collecting in the fields around the fort was 



