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while on either side smaller streams issue from every canon 

 and ravine. The surrounding mountain sides are steep and 

 heavily timbered for the most part, though with many barren 

 cliffs and snow covered peaks in the higher parts. On the floor 

 of the valley there are groves of timber of varying extent, 

 together with many clumps of underbrush and patches of willow. 

 Besides the usual spruce, hemlock and cedar, we here fincountered 

 the balsam fir for the first time. Altogether it was a beautiful 

 and attractive spot, the broad open meadows, a mass of blooming 

 wild flowers at this time, being particularly pleasing after the 

 gloomy forests in which we had been working so long. Animal 

 life was abundant and a quantity of interesting material was 

 gathered; but unfortunately a band of Indians was in here 

 hunting bear, and it was useless to look for big game under the 

 circumstances. We paid a visit to the Indian camp to inspect 

 their catch, and found that besides bear they had some beaver, 

 otter, and wolverine, all caught within a radius of about thirty 

 miles. Our stay at Marten Arm was from June 9 to 14. All 

 the references in the text to Boca de Quadra refer to this camp at 

 the head of Marten Arm. 



ANNETTE ISLAND. 



On our way from Boca de Quadra to Ketchikan we stopped 

 one night, June 14, at Hassler Harbor, on the northeast coast 

 of Annette Island. It presents the usual appearance of these 

 southern islands, with dense timber down to the water's edge, and 

 with little or no open meadow land. A string of eighty traps 

 produced just one Peromyscus, and no birds of interest were 

 observed. 



GEAVINA ISLAND. 



June 15 and 16 were spent in the town of Ketchikan, on 

 Eevillagigedo Island. On the evening of the 15th we crossed 

 the narrow channel to the neighboring island of Gravina, where 

 I went ashore long enough to put out some traps. I did not go 

 back far from the beach, but the timber appeared to be thin and 

 sparse compared with most of the places we had visited, and 

 while there were several trickling rivulets nearby there was 

 no stream of any size. Neither was there any meadow land 



