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Leaving Kyungast B.C. on July 24 I proceeded
by boat to Albernie B.C. which is in the center
of Vancouver Is. Being reached Albernie
in the evening it was necessary to
stay all night there, & in the morning
in company with a young travelling sales
man, I took an auto for Nanaimo a
distance of 60 miles. The ride is one
of the most beautiful I have ever taken.
The road winds in & out among mag
nificent fir trees, which reach a height
of 200 feet in many places, gradually
ascending meanwhile till near summit.
Take it is over 450 feet above sea
level. I reached Nanaimo at 8:15 P.M.
in time to catch the train for Victoria
arriving there at 6.20 P.M. After spending
a few days getting my stuff packed &
shipping negatives & specimens to New
York, I left Victoria for Seattle on Aug.
30 & spent the day & night in Seattle
leaving at noon on Aug 1st Saturday
for Junean Alaska on board the S.S.
"City of Seattle" met several college
fellows with their wives mostly mining
Engineers bound for Alaska ports &
we formed a jolly party. We touched
at Prince Rupert B.C., Fort Wrangel, Aleut,
Ketchican, Petersburg, Douglas City,
Treadwell, & reached Juneau at 9.30 on