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‘trunks of fallen pines afforded us bright fires, Néar by was a foamin gter- 
— oa fethickty he little lake about one by was geoainaes 
and which, by rh of die to we have Called Island lake. 
We h ad teach per limit of the piney region ; “as, above this point, 
mu 
‘the 
no tree was to be seen, afid patches of suow .lay every where around tis on 
the’ cold sides of the rocks. The flora of the region we had traversed since 
Jeaving our mules was extremely rich, and, among the characteristielplants, 
the ‘scarlet flowers of the dodecatheon dentatum every where met the eye 
‘in great abundance. A small green ravine, on the edge of which we were 
*. en eae was filled with a profusion of alpine plants in brilliant bloom. 
rom barometrical observations, made during our three days’ sojourn. at 
‘this place, its elevation above the Gulf of Max y 
the day, we had seen no sign of animal life; 
as ‘supposed to be the bleat of a 
heard what w 
_ed for w ctivity, and found to.proceed from a small animal of a 
ay pines goat, which we search- 
ith hungry a 
» JMOgray: soloe ah short ears and no tail—probably the Siberian squirrel. We 
me ae 
saw @ Considetable number of them, and, witht the exception of a small.bird 
like a harrow it is.the only inhabitant of this elevated part of the moua- 
‘tains. On our return, we saw, below this lake, large flocks of the mountain 
goat. We had nothing to eat to- night. - Lajeunesse} with several others, 
hei s, and Sallied. reh o 
“fal. “At ‘sunset, the barometer stood at 20.522; “the attached thermometer 
50°, Here we had the misfortune to break our thermometer, haying now 
only that attached to the barometer. I was taker ill shortly after we had 
encamped, and continued so until late in the night, with violent headache 
and vomiting., This was probably caused by the excessive fatigue Lhad 
under oe and want of food, and perhaps, also, in same measure, by the 
ayia Eth vie The nt cht was cold, as a violent gale € from the north had 
sprung up at stinset, hich entirely blew away the “heat of the fires. TH 
cold, and our cece beds, had not been favorable to sleep, and we were . 
glad to see ed of the’sun inthe morning. Not being delayed by any 
pre breakfast, we set ou ut immediately. 
ie e as. we adva need was h heard the roar of waters, abl ofa 
we foll di 
guide int ably to his advice, we left this little 
s Galley, and took to the ridges again ; biol we found extremely broken, 
and where we were agaim involved @mong precipices. Here were ice fields; 
among which we were all dispersed, Seeking each the bes . to ascend 
eak. . Mr.°Preuss attempted to walk along the upper edge of one of 
these fiel@&, which sloped away at an angle of about twenty degrees; but his 
feet slipped from under him, and he went plunging down the plane. _A few 
ea feet below, at the bottom, were some fragments of sharp rock, su 
landed; and.though he turned a couple of somersets, fortunately 
wiived no injury beyond a 1 few bruises. Two of the men, Clement Lam- 
bert and Dennen been. taken ill, and lay — on the rocks a skort 
| nd at this point I hte day et 
i nt 
. : @ gap 
iatae him to reach the peak, if pos- 
He found himself unable.to proceed 
oe 
headache and giddi- 
Finding myself t un- 
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