top of a little hill from which had a good view of the N End of Waterton lake & its valley & the river to which it gives rise, running northward. Returned to place where horses left, lunched, & Capt. A. Burpee &c started back for camp leaving East with pack animals to finish the reconnaissance. Rode back in four & a half hours without accident though I got one spill in a swampy hole.

Chief Mountain visible from almost every point & constantly presenting new aspects.

Saw several new plants , among others the red flowering raspberry, the berries of which are beginning to ripen. Also Amelanchier berries & common raspberries. The Eleagnus of the plains growing now to a large bush in the thickets. Found a species of Castillea new to the collection.

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