22 li. F. Reid — Studies of Muir Glacier. 



before evening everything was in good shape. We brouglit 

 boards from Juneau for flooring, tables, etc, which added mate- 

 rially to our comfort and convenience. A book-shelf held our 

 small library of works on glaciers, logarithmetic tables, etc. A 

 gasoline stove enabled us to cook our meals with ease, and camp- 

 stools permitted us to eat them in comfort. This Avas to be our 

 base-camp, and, in honor of Professor Muir, we named it camp 

 Muir. Here we stayed until the middle of SejDtember, making 

 various excursions of several days' duration to points too distant 

 to be visited in one day, always, however, leaving two of our 

 party at camp to make the meteorologic observations. We had 

 with us a roAV-boat 16 feet long, provided Avith a sail, and during 

 our stay Ave bought from the Indians a small dugout canoe 

 Avhich would carry three persons. 



On one occasion, in company Avith Professor Muir, Ave rounded 

 the Avestern headland of Muir inlet and pushed a mile or tAvo up 

 Glacier bay. The Avater was so full of floating ice, in pieces large 

 and small, that our progress Avas very sIoav, and Ave finally landed 

 for the night, hoping to find clearer Avater the next day* In this 

 Ave were disappointed, and therefore roAved back again and crossed 

 the bay to the large island opposite Muir inlet. It Avas in this 

 limestone island that Mr Gushing found the fossils Avhich make 

 it probable that these rocks are of Paleozoic age. Later in the 

 evening Ave returned to camp Muir. On another occasion, fol- 

 loAving Professor Muir's example, Ave made sleds on which Ave 

 packed our blankets, proAdsions, and instruments, and spent five 

 days exploring and mapping the eastern part of the glacier. We 

 ascended Tree mountain (2,700 feet) and SnoAV dome (3,300 feet), 

 Avhich, though of moderate elevation, command excellent vieAvs. 

 Another time Ave visited the stations marked ^S* and T on the 

 accompanying map (plate 14), and ascended one of the peaks 

 j ust to the westAvard. We also ascended Pyramid peak, approach- 

 ing it by the valley of the Dying glacier. The Aveather unfortu- 

 nately was misty, so that Ave added little to our knoAvledge of the 

 mountains toAvard the Avest, except to see that they Avere numer- 

 ous and did not seem to surround any very large vallej^s like that 

 occupied by Muir glacier. 



Shorter excursions Avere made on all clear days to points more 

 easily accessible. Among these the most interesting Avere con- 

 nected Avith the measure of the motion of the ice. To plant our 

 flags Avhere Ave Avanted them required us to make a Avay among 



