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Durran July 24 To Buckley Lake Creek
(Men-cho-ti - Brig Lake Streek) 10 miles
on Telegraph Line from Fil. Creek 8 miles
Got back to camp. Early and as the
horses we had engaged did not come
we put the loads on our 7 horses and
went on The way with the horse porters
us. at 5mile Lake a few miles beyond.
The trail ascend the valley through fine
many spruce woods and crossed a nearly
broken rocky spur opposite the high
hill. from south across a deep gorge
the valley of South Fork -(Mestee)
Then we descended and went through a
succession of muskegs and through poplar
flats for some miles, striking into
Telegraph Trail. and following it to our
camp in the creek. The country is
all Canadian but Hudsonian begin
on the hills a little higher
San Anton at many places along the
Trail. Ledum groenlandicum common in
the muskegs also a small willow
almost prostrate
yellow Castilleja common Lupinun att-
Potentilla fruticosa Common
Monday July 25- To Men-cho Lake (9 miles)
We went up the stream on which
we were camped but at a little
distance from it, and crossed a
succession of poplar ridges with
muskegs between them and through
many spruce woods to Musko
Lake which we reached about
4.30 We passed Ptucker Lake on left
the middle of the afternoon, a small
kind bordered with grass & some
spruce woods. and beyond a smaller
manly pine flat on our right
Looked on specimen until dark
Saw Eriophyllum nigrum in some of the
muskegs and some Cassiope Tetragona
as much. Betula glandulosa
Roses, Rubus arizonensis (old) - Potentilla
fruticosa