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lakes by the rock and dirt brous^ht down Ijy the glacier from the 

 higher mountain slopes. A nearer view of Peyto Glacier is given in 

 figure 15, and figure 16 shows Pyramid Peak, one of the peaks en- 

 countered in the Mistaya River Canyon. 



The broad canyon valleys that unite at the head waters of the Sas- 

 katchewan River (fig'. 17) are all carved by erosion out of the same 

 type of Cambrian rocks as those ex})osed in the vicinity of Uow 

 Lake, and also in the Bow \'alley south of Lake Louise Station. 



Fig. 19. — Skinning (Hit mountain sheep shot ahove head of Sawhack Lake 

 on Septemljer 21. Photograpli by Walcott, 1918. 



At the close of the season a fine ]>air of moimtain sheep, a black 

 bear, one mule deer, a mountain goat, and a wolverine were col- 

 lected, the skins and skulls being shipped to the National Museum. 

 At a salt-lick on the west branch of the Saskatchewan River many 

 goats were seen. Some of them in an attempt to esca])e observation 

 were forced to i)ass over a sharp ridge directly in front of where 

 Airs. \\'alcott was sitting", with the result that she obtained an unusual 

 photograph of five of them (fig. 18) as they were clambering over 

 the apex of the ridge. 



