ll 
to distant waters by wagon, and used in a similar manner. In 
this way, the animals and plants of the large lake, swiftly running 
mountain streams, morainal lakes, and swamps were obtained, 
while the prairie, primitive forest, and adjacent mountain slopes 
still further diversify the fauna and flora, and were visited with 
profitable results. 
The material secured is unusually rich in rare and novel forms, 
in opportunities for securing statistics in variation as affected by 
temperature and altitude, for continuous limnological investiga- 
tions in inland waters of low temperature, for the study of gen- 
eral and vertical distribution of both plants and animals. The 
nearness of the high ranges of the Kootenay mountains brought 
within easy reach the arctic-alpine forms which are so interesting 
from a phylogenetic point of view, and the diversity of the country 
offered a rich field in physiographic ecology, as well as a geolog- 
ical field practically unworked. 
G. 3. Dodge mountain: a recently explored peak in the southern Kootenays, 
ut 7,500 feet ne (After a photograph from summit of a peak to the west, by 
pare M. J. Elrod.) 
The station was made the base of operations during July and 
August, and a number of students visited the place and carried 
on observations under the direction of the members of the party. 
Dr. H. C. Cowles, of the University of Chicago, accompanied by 
nineteen students, made a stay of a week here and secured some 
valuable data in physiographical ecology. In addition the entire 
party was successfully conducted to the summit of a neighboring 
