JOURNAL July 20, 1927 Took leave of Doctors Chapman and Murphy and the Museum in the afternoon. Mr. Thomas Barbour, the reptile expert, informed us of Plasmochin which fixes malaria with none of the discomforts that accompany the action of quinine; it is a German preparation, which we shall probably be unable to get. G.R. and I were accorded a memorable farewell celebration by many of the best in Yale '27. We departed from the Grand Central at 9:45 E.S.T. on the Montrealer with all our baggage, instructions, and the 6000 auk shells. Also two bottles of champagne, a perfect charade of the "coals to Newcastle" idea. July 21 Arrived at Montreal at 8:50 feeling no ill effects from Ludington's symposium. We visited McGill University, noting particularly the Library where was on exhibition a strange collection of Italian bird illustrations done in feathers. Unsuccessful in procuring Plasmochin. Lunched with Mr. Frank Clergue, ex-Bangor, and his friend Henry Josephs, who played in the McGill backfield the first year a contest was ever staged with Harvard in Montreal. Our host took us around his house which contained among other things the first piano (not a copy) played on by Paderewski in North America, a petrified tree-stump from Japan, two tusks from a walrus estimated to be over 200 years old, a genuine Turner, and the second watch built by the Hamilton makers. The meal, served by a Japanese servant, included caviar and real Madiera. Spent the afternoon swimming off an island in the St. Lawrence, returning in time to catch the trans-Canada Limited at 6:45 E.S.T. At dinner we killed the first bottle. July 22 Both of us exercised our new typewriters strenuously with eminent epistolary result. Have already met two travelers bound for Sydney on the Aorangi: a ship-builder from Fremantle, returning from a trip to Sweden, and a Londoner named Herbert whose one fraternal distinction is membership in the A.O.F.B. (Ancient Order of Froth Blowers); its ideals are contained in the name. A second degree is conferred upon the receipt of 25 neophytes and one becomes a "Blaster"; then a "Monsoon", and finally a "Grand Typhoon". The order provides automatic insurance to its members against everything that one could not possibly contract except "bitsers" (bits'o tin, bits'o wood, etc.,) Excellent scenery around Lake Superior. Temperature about 75. Saw some small ducks, doves, and hawks. July 23 Got off the train at Winnipeg and got the returns on the Dempsey-Sharkey fight. In strolling up the main street, we nearly missed the train; but returned to a most uninteresting afternoon's ride. Hot and dusty. Praries. July 24 The first sight of the Rockies came about 9 A.M. By noon we were well into them- Banff and Lake Louise showered passengers upon us as well as scenic beauty. 3.0 grades and spiral tunnels make one dizzy, the last, the Connaught being 15 miles long under Mt. Sir Donald (Glacier, B.C.) By 6 P.M. we were leaving them behind.