Diaries of field trips, 1896, 1904, 1905, 1906
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August 19, 1904, Friday, (Continued) to drive us for $10 tomorrow. While Fernald was down at White Cape Pease and I walked down to the fish drying houses and took some pictures. We then came back over Cape Cannon and went to the top of Mount Joli and then down to the beach and as it was low tide we walked across to the base of Perce' Rock. Upon our return we had dinner and then dried driers and at 3.00 P.M. we all started for the Grand Coupe where we botanized all the afternoon until seven o'clock during which we worked up the cliffs for three hundred feet. I walked a mile or more to the westward along a road and saw the great cliffs beyond (Terriere les Caps). In the evening took care of the specimens collected. August 20, 1904, Saturday Fair and cool. Had breakfast at Trache's at five-thirty o'clock and immediately got baggage ready for Mr. Moran who was to have called for us at 6.00 A. M. On account of some delay he did not arrive until 7.30 A. M. We started at once and went via the road south of Mt. Ste. Anne and Perce' Mountain to Corner Beach, which made one of the most picturesque rides I ever took. From our starting point (at sea level) we ascended 925 feet in the first two miles and then zigzagged down the south and west slopes of Perce' Mountain. At Barachois we were charged $2 for ferrying our two teams. We had dinner (an excellent one) at Japps Hotel and then drove on to Douglastown and secured quarters at Fred Kennedy's. Before supper we walked down on the barachois, to the Post Office and back. For supper we had ham and eggs, potatoes, milk, blueberries, etc.