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(2) We broke camp & return to the temple at the village
this morning. I went with the
dog & the 2 hunters along the
mountain side hunting.
We went at the 12,000 foot level
thru the circle or basin where A
shot his 2 sprag yesterday.
The dog however were
tired & kept us followed as
our heels & took no notice
of fresh trails or tracks, some
got nothing or saw any
game. The forest from this
elevation to timber-line is
made up of fir trees only. Today
I saw some of the trees with
cones & these stood upright,
under no trees are cones as in the
case of spruce which are the
common tree from 1000 to
900 feet. Abv 900 feet the
character of the trees & bushes
changes radically due no
doubt to moisture condition.
The upper level abv 11,000
are very much the floor with moss
being a carpet of moss & herbs.