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Cascade mountains near Hedley, B,C. He moved next to Keremeos, 
working on Ashnola creek (elevation 1,500 feet) from June 12 to June 30; 
on Paul Terebasket creek (elevation 1,350 feet) from July 3 to July 10; 
and Fairview-Keremeos summit (elevation 3,800 feet) from July 12 to 
July 29. Camp was made on Testalinda creek, Okanagan river, below 
Oliver, on Oliver Irrigation Project, and collections made in the dry belt 
from August 1 to August 13. Work was carried on at 3,900 feet elevation, 
Osoyoos-Bridesville summit from August 15 to August 31. The next 
collecting ground was at Westbridge in Kettle River valley (elevation 
2,075 feet) from September 14 to September 19, and back to Osoyoos lake 
(elevation 913 feet) from September 19 to September 29. Camp was 
moved up to Juniper mountain, south fork of Ashnola creek (elevation 
4,500 feet) from October 2 to October 11, and investigations made on the 
Similkameen mountain sheep. Mr. Laing’s results for the season were 
very satisfactory, and he collected 481 mammals and 56 birds, as well as 
accessories for several habitat groups of birds and small mammals. 
C. H. Young was unable to continue the British Columbia work this year 
on account of poor health, and spent some time in England on sick leave. 
Joseph Rochon, osteological preparator, left Ottawa on July 16 and 
proceeded to Lacoste, Labelle county, Quebec. He collected in vicinity of 
Black lake until July 18, bringing back 110 mammals. During the rest of the 
year his time was mostly spent on cleaning and mounting skulls and skeletons. 
C. L. Patch, D. Blakely, and C. E. Johnson did some field work in 
Ottawa district, principally collecting local material to fill out the collec- 
tions and obtaining accessories for habitat group work. 
M. O. Malte, chief botanist, made a journey to Labrador, Hudson 
strait, and Hudson bay on board the Hudson's Bay Company S.S. (t Nas- 
copie Sailing from Montreal, Quebec, the boat touched Cartwright, 
Labrador, and then proceeded to Port Burwell and Wakeham bay, on the 
south shore of Hudson strait. From the latter point the boat sailed to Lake 
Harbour, Baffin island, and thence to cape Dorset. After touching Wolsten- 
holme, on the extreme northeast corner of Hudson bay, the course was set 
for Chesterfield inlet, on the northwest coast of the bay. From Chester- 
field inlet the boat proceeded to Southampton, Southampton island, and 
thence to Port Harrison and Smith island, on the east coast of Hudson 
bay. After other stops at Wolstenholme, Lake Harbour, and Port Burwell, 
the boat arrived at St. Johns, Newfoundland, September 10. 
Sufficiently long stops, ranging from one to five days, were made at all 
ports of call, thus allowing a liberal time for making botanical collections 
in the immediate vicinity. Some 6,000 herbarium specimens of flowering 
plants and ferns were secured. Much appreciated help in securing this 
comparatively large number of specimens was given by Rev. H. A. Turner, 
who most ably assisted in collecting at all points touched. 
The scientific results of the journey were very gratifying. They 
include the discovery of new species and varieties, the securing of ample 
material indispensable for the interpretation of difficult and hitherto poorly 
understood genera, such as willows and others, and the securing of a very 
large number of new plant-geographical records, e.g., not less than fifty 
from Southampton island alone. 
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