y 
May 8 th ry 
May 9th. 
mam 
door 
eS) Caught 2 more Geenoles stes, one of which was a nursing 
female and I preserved it in alcohol. 
The other Z appeared to be females. Set the bear trap ps, to-day, 
ONAN. 
two below camp and two above but found no tracks or dame to’ 
MA) aed bates an“ : ; 
guide ot to {Set teemon wide but tugel like trails in the under- 
prusht\ Several mut-lLike or olive like fruits lay abundantly 
on the floor of the forest here but I have found no eyeneaee 
4g? ny ron ae proora yore 
any animal | eating GRY Feuad A night lizard ‘ander a rock at 
camp to-day which had the appearance of the Califonian genus 
pal NLC ened onwk ~ rbrifre 
Xantusia. Skhet a beautiful tanager, yellow below and eobalt 
blus above. The Indians we hired as porters to bring up our 
hee! ee up to-day drjwing their cattle to the nese pastures 
eaore Sy A 2 DLA Ane AD | ES [8 parkorn~ 9. , Bm bring nef ton 
A dds P= We—had fixed the- trail—whers it wee-bad, ‘This is the | 5 
first time cattle have been over san iraply Which oad recently 
Lhe. 4\ 
built for the mine or prospect ston glacier above our camp. 
The fur large travs captured no bear or ese other ae 
Darag © aN 
Aca, m, 
A Arg at, 
ee 
which Was not a great disappointment as no sign of ras 
T); 
* tnA) 
has been detected by me—reee, Casamt Two more 
al Der L eA 
a half Srown Gre. In the forenoon at 1 P. M. I started with 
Tomas for tre snow fields near th crest of the mountains. We 
made timber-line or rather the lower snow or ice packs i the 
form » glaciers in 24 hours. The road was very steep and over- 
growa my tall pamboo\ most of the way. Half way UD , ie theta i a 
aN 
000 feet the ‘amb oos ssame—te predominate with the forest trees 
bang whit, ss 
Tt, @@ an impensratable mass 10/# 15 feet 
wale 
ga 
gether at about 12,000 fect, well below 
v4 x 
the forest belt which eontinues on to 1€,000 or 1f,000 feet in 
somé places, There is no regular or level forest line, the gla- 
fins >) Ae } V 
cier like snow fields descending far into i! in places. One 
i hax , NIE Pe A 
of thse commonestitress at timber-line is a! operate by lea ved tree 
‘oN 
Acaena pect ata mmber of the rosé family pon rougn 
ean Racaat 
shreddy, bark. some of the ‘trees are 10 fect in diameter but “<4 
f > 
O(a tA. 
ewes are unusualfgf Another common bush was a small white 

