July 26 Drew[?] rations & got various arrangements made packed up &__ __ed about - 1 1/2 mi. to Galway's Station Camp on the foothills of the butte & near the same stream on which the depôt situated. Spent remainder of day about camp, writing up notes, reading papers, etc.

Camp W. Butte Depot 8 AM
B 25.98
T 66' Wind S.E. clear

Camp: 1 PM West Butte Astronom. Station
B 25.58
T 72' S.W. Clear
8 PM B 25.74
T 60' Calm partly cloudy

Comparison of Barometer with Mr. Teske's[?] two standard aneroids gives a correction applicable to my ____ aneroid of +0.80

July 27 Morning Writing up notes & arranging plants.
Afternoon rode out with Boswell about 4 or 5 miles S. of Camp & ascended on horseback up a steep grassy slope the highest Butte on the western edge of the W. butte region.
Saw a deer (? ___ing or black tailed deer both of which said to inhabit here) & had a splendid view over the plain.
The Rocky Mts are clearly visible from even the higher foothills standing as it would appear immeasurably far off in the west [ern _____]