B.Richardson 34 General Account. 71 but the lower part of the trail was badly washed out in places due to a heavy rain after the trail crew had fixed it up for the summer. Some of the places crossed were dangerous for the stock Hamilton Lake which is at the head of the Kaweah River is quite different from the head of the Kern River. The cirques are fewer but larger with straight sides and the mountains and canyon walls see more domes with abrupt walls. The vegetation here is dense Pinyon Pine and Red Fir and is the upper boundary of Yellow Pine and Black Oak. This afternoon I took a hike about the lake and collected from the brushy area on the northeast side 5 Alligator lizards and one Cormorant from the steeper slope on the south west side. Two other Cormorants were seen and 5 more heard. Two Calliope hummingbirds