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Sept. 12. Near E. line of 17-44-3 the needle pointed almost directly south: S.E. 1/4 18, a good show of iron, needle lies in direction of range, nearly due west: at a point only 3 ft. away the needle points north:***

The hard vein bearing rock usually forms the north slope and crest of the range, and it is to the hardness of this rock we must attribute the preservation of the range from destruction by the drift agencies.***

The soil along the ridge is deep and rich giving rise to a vigorous growth, chiefly of maple trees.

Red Oak is occasionally found, but no young trees of this kind are to be found, so that a few years hence the oak will be extinct of the range. This may be occasioned by an increase of squirrels who destroy the acorns.

The climate is very moist. Rain almost every day. The bark of the Arbor Vitae is used to make a temporary tent under which to sleep at night, a small tree bent over or two twisted together in form of an arch, makes the support. Balsam boughs make the bed.

Sept. 12. On such an excursion the shot gun affords much of the supply of food, Pigeons, Partridges, Squirrels, &c. are frequently found.***

The cliff observed yesterday at N.W. cor of 16-44-2 we named Mt. Whittlesey, from the geologist who first explored this region.***

At Penokee we could constantly hear the low murmur of the waters of the Mauvoise or Bad river as they flowed over the rapids, and at Springdale Taylor's Fork rushing through the Gorge with a similar sound. This monotonous noise soon becomes tire-