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(about 1,400 feet) were reached, the trail ran through pine forests 
with undershrubbery, alternately up and down hill, crossing 
several streams, with blackfaced serpentine rock beds, flowing 
to the right of our course. At about four o’clock in the after- 
noon we came to a small opening where poles, old tin cans and 
other rubbish indicated that a camp had once existed. One 
shack had part of its roof intact, and the pack-man announced 
that we must stay here for shelter during the night. There was 
a stream nearby flowing to the right of our course so I spent 
several hours collecting along its rocky banks. Its elevation 
was about 1,350 feet, but the name of the stream or whence it 
flowed I was unable to ascertain. This place was called “Camp 
Toa.’ The man had supper prepared when I returned to the 
shack, the meal consisting of a can of sardines and a piece of 
hardtack; there was no coffee or tea, but he said he had a can 
of preserved red peppers, which he would open if I cared to have 
them. I had a difficult time finding a level spot upon the stony 
and root-covered floor of the shack to spread my sleeping bag, 
but rested well in spite of its unevenness 
Early next morning we started off ahout coffee, leaving the 
bundle of plants so far collected under the roof of the shack, 
the man cautioning me not to stop and pick up much along the 
way as we had a very long and hard journey yet to go. About 
9:30, after making a descent along a precipice where it was 
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rough region with many ravines, landslides aad sink-holes, 
the vegetation of which was rank, but not tall, consisting 
largely of trees, among them a beautiful, unarmed tree-fern. 
We crossed a small stream flowing to our left with a bed 
of soft yellow sandstone and deposits of yellow sand forming 
small pools containing little fishes. Here I collected several 
férns and other plants not noticed before. This formation 
appears to be very unusual in this region, and a mining engi- 
neer told me that he did not believe it was sandstone at all. 
It is also maintained that no fish exist in the streams of these 
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