Diaries of field trips, 1896, 1904, 1905, 1906
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August 10. 1905, Thursday [3250 ft.camp, Mt. Albert] Rain in night and early A. M. Very cloudy rest of the day. Tent leaked in the night. Got blanket and inside of sleeping bag very wet and the canopy soaked. Fernald spent the morning taking care of plants. I spent part of the time fixing tent and then put in twp sets of plants. Joe Fortin helped Fernald. In the P. M. finished putting in plants and then Fernald and Joe went up the mountain. I stayed at camp drying things out. August 11, 1905, Friday Cloudy. Worked all A. M. on plants collected yesterday. In the P. M. Fernald, Joe, Cote', and I went up on the north slope collecting. [illegible] Got several sets. Flies/voluminous. We were obliged to cover our entire faces. The two Gagnon boys went down to the river for another load of supplies. August 12, 1905, Saturday Cloudy. Heavy shower in P. M. Much colder towards night. Worked part of the A. M. on plants. At about ten o'clock we all started for Snow Brook Ravine collecting. On the way I left the party and walked over to the northeast barrens to just above the point where Snow Brook leaves the gorge and took some photographs. Before reaching the great snow arch we were caught in a shower or two. These showers continued most of the P. M.