1909] The 1907 Alexander Alaska Expedition. UAT 
Hooniah, Chichagof Island—We made camp June 21 about 
five miles northwest of the Indian village at Hooniah, which is 
situated on a body of water called Port Frederick on the north 
side of Chichagof Island. A large salmon creek empties into the 
bay near our camp, causing extensive mud flats which are left 
bare at low tide. The valley of this stream extends back ten or 
fifteen miles with an average width of about two miles. The 
bottom land is thickly covered with salmonberry and willow 
thickets. The hills slope back gradually from sea level, and are 
densely clothed with hemlock and spruce, with a thick under- 
erowth of devil-club and some huckleberry. We climbed to the 
summit of one of the mountains about five miles back from camp 
and reached an altitude of 2600 feet. A night was spent there, 
to permit of trapping for small mammals. This region was 
worked until June 27. 
Glacier Bay.—Qlacier Bay, into the head of which flows the 
famous Muir Glacier, was worked from June 27 until July 20. 
Our work was confined to the two mainland shores and inter- 
vening islands near the mouth of the bay. Our first camp was 
made on the eastern mainland opposite the southernmost of the 
Beardslee Islands, near the mouth of a salmon creek. This stream 
has filled the strait with boulders and mud until it is too shallow 
for large boats to pass beyond the islands at low tide. Other- 
wise this is a good camping ground, with deep water close in 
front, making a fine harbor. The mainland for several miles 
around is low but hummocky, evidently a series of recent terminal 
moraines. The forest is dense but young, there beimg few trees 
two feet in diameter and no fallen timber. There are stumps 
along the beach at a lower level than any trees now grow. These 
may be accounted for as the remains of a former forest growing 
there when the land stood higher, and then cut down by glacial 
ice. Nearly all the trees in the present forest are spruce, there 
being also a few hemlocks. Alders form a border around the 
edge of the forest at the beach, and they also grow in places in 
the forest. There are a few small willows and cottonwoods near 
the beach, but very little underbrush elsewhere, the ground being 
thickly and evenly covered with moss. Mammals are most plen- 
tiful along the border of the timber, and in the grass near high- 
