About the Lake Shore stream Alders are the common tree I saw several squirrels in Acacia trees & shot two of them. Our road followed along the lake shore then small villages & paddy fields. We crossed the Canal or uppearm of the lake on a long stone bridge then around the paddy field bordered by willows to the opposite side of the valley. Here we climbed the range which was forest of trees & rocky. The soil was bright red & the rock formation throughout may hard gray limestone, builders of which lay thickly on the surface. The lake bottom is, greenite on the west & limestone on the east which is its boundary side. The rock formation there accounts for the difference in topography & consequently vegetation. On the limestone there was stimulated lupine rushes, vetches, a blue larkspur & several thorny brooks. The soil between the approach was everywhere bright red & tho pool greater red with mud