Diaries of field trips, 1896, 1904, 1905, 1906
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July 29, 1906, Sunday Fair and very warm. Have been in camp all day drying plants and sorting things for the trip to Tabletop. Had a bath in the river before breakfast. Cote8, Joe, and I each caught a trout today. July 30, 1906, Monday Cloudy and afternoon very rainy. In the A. M. collected some from cliffs opposite camp. Cote' and Roy went up to finish cutting the trail to Tabletop. Joe and John took several trips up to the Forks with provisions, camp utensils, etc. Fernald and I went up to the Ferks about middle of the P. M. in a good rain. Build a big campfire in front of tent. Trout, potatoes, bread, and marmalade for supper. Barometer been dropping all day. July 31, 1906. Tuesday Clear all day. After breakfast at the Forks we packed up our things and started at 9.00 over Low's Trail for Tabletop. It was a long hard tramp- ten miles by pedometer. Arrived at a small lake (called by Cote' the Americain's Lake) at 6.15 P. M. Kept botanical notes during trip. August 1. 1906, Wednesday Had a headache in the A. M. so stayed about camp most of time. In the P. M. Fernald and I made a circuit of the lake and got some interesting things. Cote' been up the mountain cutting trail most of the day. Joe, John, and Wilfred gone down to the Forks for second load of things.