iSO POOLE— ON NOTES OF TRAVEL, 



gOtli. — Musquito hawk heard. Poplar catkins in bloom. 21st. — 

 First butterfly, *' Camberwell beauty," seen. 22nd. — Coltsfoot, 

 violets, strawberries, golden thread, birch catkins bloom. 23rd. — 

 Dandelions bloom. 



June 16th. — Apples and plums in blossom. 25th. — Caterpil- 

 lars on gooseberries. 29th. — First firefly seen. 



July 4th. — Wild strawberries ripe. 16th. — Garden straw- 

 berries. 19th. — Mackerel caught in herring nets. 23rd. — Gath- 

 ered peas. 26th. — Mowing hay. 



August 3rd.— Dr. How, of Boston, coming from Mabou by 

 stage, saw a very bright Meteor pass through arc of about 30 degs., 

 from 3 to 5 minutes later all the passengers heard a report like a 

 quarry blast. 4th. — Saw a shark in Glace Bay. 13th. — Curlew 

 and plover arrived. 



September 15th. — Wild geese in the Bay. 



October 9th and 10th. — Country full of smoke from Chicago 

 fire? 29th. — Cock-a-wee, " Harelda glacilis," in Big Glace Bay. 



December 4th. — School of black fish (3 killed) came into Glace 

 Bay. 22nd. — Teams cross ice in Big Glace Bay Lake. 



Art. VIII. Extract from H. S. Poole's letter, respect- 

 ing A Journey to Deep Creek Valley on the Neva- 

 da frontier; 150 miles from Salt Lake City. 



{Read March 11, 1872.) 



We had to take the same horses and buggy all the way through, 

 as no relays can be got on the way. For the first 50 miles we 

 skirted along the margin of the Great Lake, which in all the south- 

 ern parts is exceedingly shallow ; then we turned south up the 

 Skull Valley, and bid good bye to all signs of civilization. We 

 ascended the Cedar Mountains to the top of a pass 1800 feet above 

 the desert ; which seemed to lie at our feet, spread out for 100 

 miles to the north west, and 45 miles in the opposite direction ; 

 and to the left for 20 miles until short ranges of mountains hid its 

 continuations southward. 



