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for medicine, we proceeded on our way through the canon of 

 the Grand in search of a good camping ground. This canon 

 is very beautiful but unpleasantly dangerous to one unused to 

 wild roads. The single narrow wagon road winds along at the 

 base of mountains which are almost or quite perpendicular, 

 while immediately below, on the other side, roar and tumble 

 the green waters of the Grand River. It is over three miles 

 in length, and until one becomes used to its wildness there is 

 more of fear than pleasure in such a ride. Here we met a 

 team on a spot too narrow to permit a very safe passage. It 

 was necessary to lift one wagon over against the mountain and 

 then hold the other steady while its team crawled past. We 

 found one of the exciting experiences of mountain travel to be 

 the watching for places wide enough for teams to pass and the 

 exercising of such care that we would not be caught in a narrow 

 place. Usually, one constituted himself a forerunner and sig- 

 nalled back when another team was found approaching. 



We were relieved when we were out of the canon in safety, 

 and as darkness was coming on rapidly we hastily selected a 

 place for a camp and arranged things for the night. Here we 

 spent a week awaiting the arrival of friends who were expected 

 to join the party but who failed to meet us. Gooseberries were 

 along the river and were as delicious as cultivated ones, either 

 in pies or stewed. The grouse frequently came for the grouse 

 berries which were plentiful. The trout would bite at times — 

 always enough to encourage us to keep on trying — and man}'- 

 birds came to the trees, while the taxidermist found trapping 

 for small rodents not unprofitable. In the sage brush Psendo- 

 hazis hera were flitting, but hard to catch, and on the moun- 

 tains above us were many Melit^a minuta and Hipparchia 

 dionysius. But here, as on the Fraser, the drouth seemed to 

 have very materially lessened the insect life. Almost daily 

 clouds and winds would arise about i o'clock and almost carry 

 away tent and provisions, while it blew sand and dust into our 

 eatables. In spite of all, however, Satyrus charon was every- 

 where so abundantly omnipresent that it fairly became tiresome 

 to .see it and seldom another species. During a walk to Sulphur 

 Springs, in hope of receiving mail, a few good specimens were 

 taken, among them Chrysophanus virginiensis. 



