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We took the short-cut trail from the flagpole on East Cliff, 

 saving about iH miles. It descends abruptly through a clear- 

 ing into lower Glen Doon ravine. A piece of calcite was picked 

 up along the trail, and along the upper cliffs Asplenium Riita- 

 mtiraria, L. was found. 



The following plants were observed or collected: The hickory 

 louse gall, Phylloxera Caryaecaiilis Fitch, abundant on branches 

 df Hicoria ovata at the foot of Indian Ladder road. 



Dichaena faginea (Pers.) Fr. on living Fagiis grandijolia; 

 Polystictus conchifer (Schw.) on fallen elm limbs; Polystidus 

 versicolor (L.) Fr.; and Tremella aurantia Schw. on hemlock 

 logs. 



Biatora vernalis (L.) Fr., on the ground, determined by Dr. 

 Bruce Fink; Lecanora pallida cancriformis (Hoffm.) Tuck, on 

 wood; Parmelia tiliacea (Hoffm.) Ach. on trunks of yellow birch; 

 Placodium elegans (Link) Ach. on rocks in the stream at the mouth 

 of Hailes's Cavern. 



Brachythecium salehrosum (Hoffm.) B. & S.; Eurhynchium 

 strigosiim (Hoffm.) B. & S.; and Thelia asprella (Schimp.) 

 Sulliv. at base of living trees. 



May 5, 1907. We left Albany on a morning train. Msited 

 the Tory House just north of the high overhanging cliff of the 

 Dome near the upper end of the wagon road. During the 

 Revolutionary War it is said to have been used as a retreat by 

 the Indians and tories, and the name was given to it because a 

 noted tory by the name of Jacob Salisbury was captured there. 

 It is perhaps 25 to 30 feet in diameter, and although there is no 

 perceptible opening in the rocks forming the roof of the recess, 

 still smoke from a fire will find an egress somewhere. \'isited 

 Helmus Crack and Hailes's Cavern; then along the Bear path. 

 Both of the waterfalls still beautiful, but there was an arch of 

 ice still at the foot of Mine Lot Fall. The canoe birches seen 

 from Hanging Rock were fine, with bark as white as chalk. A 

 clear day, and we could see Albany, Schenectady, Mechanics- 

 ville, Ballston and Saratoga Springs; Mt. Equinox and Bear 

 Mountain in Vermont; Mt. Antonio near Luzerne and the moun- 

 tains about the southern end of Lake George. Late in the after- 

 noon we descended from East Cliff bv the short-cut trail. 



