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high altitudes. At the saw-mill were many beautiful clumps of 
flowering plants, among them a columbine which had very large 
flowers, and these clumps sometimes covered several hundred 
square feet. Many acres were made yellow by the blooms of 
Dugaldia hoopesi. A tall larkspur was in bloom and the flowers 
were lovely but the plant is very poisonous to cattle and we were 
told that a number had been killed by eating it. The forest here 
The Sierra La Sal in the distance. 
is very attractive and extends upward to an altitude of somewhat 
over 11,000 feet. 
Not having any other place available, we slept on the carpet of 
humus in the virgin forest. It was cold at night, 45 0 F., and the 
mosquitoes were numerous and hungry. By using a butterfly net, 
over a cap, and fastened above the shoulders, sleep was obtainable. 
The greater part of the next day was spent in collecting at this high 
altitude, but nothing new or very rare was secured. The return to 
the mesa was made by another route and it took seven hours to 
go thirteen miles. Some time after we left, a terrific hail and rain 
Storm began in the peaks and their tops were soon white, and then 
