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The most beautiful part of the lake is the southern end, where 
there are extensive meadows and apparently more moisture than 
in the other parts of the shore. Here also are the highest moun- 
tains, rising from 4000 to 5000 feet above the lake. Here were 
found the only marshes seen about the lake. At one point 
a small stream enters the lake, flowing through level meadows 
and forming small marshes in which a number of interesting 
aquatic plants were observed. These included a number of 
interesting alge, as well as Utricularia, Potomogeton, Nuphar, 
Sparganium, and others not noted elsewhere. 
In ordinary years it is said that snow lies on several of the 
peaks for most of the summer, but last year, in August, there 
were merely a few small patches on Mt. Tallac, the most acces- 
sible of the higher peaks. 
My first stopping-place was at “ McKinney’s,” on the west 
shore of the lake, and from here a number of excursions were 
made in various directions. The shores of the lake at this 
point are low, and the forest comes down to the water’s edge. 
As we have already indicated, the forest is composed entirely 
of Conifers, but along the streams, and in a few places on the 
hillsides, are small groves of willows, alders, and poplars which, 
however, are never of large size. The sandy soil between the 
trees was covered in spots with low-spreading mats of Ceano- 
thus and Arctostaphylos, but was often quite bare. Flowers 
were scarce, but there were a few showy ones, the most strik- 
ing being a brilliant blue Pentstemon, scarlet Castilleicas, two or 
three Gilias with scarlet and flesh-colored flowers, and the big 
sunflower-like Wyethias. 
In the shelter of the denser woods, away from the lake, were 
other plants which needed more shade. A dwarf form of Rudus 
nutkanus was common, and species of Pyrola and Chimaphila, 
as well as two orchids, Goodyera menziesii and Corallorhiza sp. ? 
were found here. At a number of places the withered remains 
of the curious snow-plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) were seen, but 
its season was past. 
At the extreme southern end and on the western shore, the 
shores become more arid, and the growth of trees is scattering. 
The open ground and the lower hills are covered with sage- 
