July 27, 1906, Friday 
Clear or fair. Warm. Black flies in swarms all 
day. 3ohn and Joe went down the mountain late 
in the A. M. with two loads. Came back about 
6.00 P. M. Fernald and I at work all day burning 
plants for ash. In the early A. M. changed 
and toasted driers, and sent both presses of 
mosses down the mountain. 
July 28, 1906, Saturday 
Of. 
Cloudy and very , arm. Spent ibost of the day in 
camp on Mt. Albert taking care of plants for 
ash analysisl Soon after noon Fernald and I took 
rucksacks and collecting boxes, ana started down 
the mountain via East Peak Ravine and Allen's 
Ravine. The first ravine was extremely steep, 
even precipitous in places. The lower part of 
Allen's Ravine was a great mooseyard where many 
windfalls impeded progress. We reached iuacoun's 
Ravine about 7.00 P. M. and followed up that to 
regular Mt. Albert trailjland down to camp via 
that, arriving about dark. 3oe and John started 
fs?erai he mountain camp about the time we did and 
reached the river three quarters of an hour 
ahead of us. Cote' and Roy came in from cutting 
a train to Tabletop about 15 minutes after we 
arrived. Ate supper in the midst of an immense 
swarm of sandflies. Fernald and I in one tent. 
