20 H. F. Eeid— Studies of Muir Glacier. 



Page. 



SupplejTient III — Micro.scoi^ical Examination of Wood from the 

 Buried Forest, Muir Inlet ; l)y Francis H. Her- 



rick, Ph. D " 75 



Appendices 79 



Appendix I — List of Plants collected near Muir Glacier ; de- 

 termined by W. W. Kowlee 79 



Appendix II — Meteorological Observations ; by H. F. P 80 



Appendix III — Magnetic Observations ; by H. F. R 82 



Appendix IV — Suggestions to Future Observers ; by H. F. R. . 83 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate 1. Frontispiece : Front of Muir Glacier and Mount Case, 



' looking eastward 19 



2. Ice Pinnacles at end of Muir Glacier 28 



3. Mount Wright and upper part of Dirt Glacier, from shoul- 



der of Mount Case 25 



4. White Glacier 27 



5. The southeastern Tributary, from Tree Mountain 29 



(i Girdled Glacier, from P.'. 31 



7. Main Ice Stream of Muir Glacier, from V 33 



8. Mount Wright, from V 35 



9. Mount Young 37 



10. Moraines seen from V ; c.^ in background 39 



11. Girdled Glacier, from Tree Mountain 41 



12. Buried Forest 43 



13. End of Muir Glacier, from V. 47 



14. General Map of Muir Glacier 53 



15. Map of Northern Part of Muir Inlet 55 



16. Geologic Map of Vicinity of Muir Glacier ; by H. P. Gush- 



ing (53 



Figure 1. End of an Alpine Glacier 45 



2. End of a Tidewater Glacier 48 



3. Diagram illustrating Refraction 52 



4. Longitudinal Section of Wood from the buried Forest. . . 76 



5. Transverse Section of Wood from the buried Forest 77 



Introduction and Narrative. 



A desire to see the Alaskan coast more thoroughly than is 

 possible to ordinary tourists led to the formation of a party to 

 spend the summer of 1890 encamped there. 



The description of Muir glacier by Professor Wright * turned 

 our attention to that point. Its accessibility and the interest 



*The Ice Age in North America, 1889, chap. iii. 



