108 Depth, from the river bank. We looked over at carefully with the glass hoping to see a sheep but without success. It was still capped with new snow. As seen all the surrounding Mts above Timberline. On the north side of the river the Mts seem like lines and are avoid of Trees to quite a low altitude. In one a very large deh cave was visible perhaps about a thousand feet above the river. Near it was a sharp ridge with a hole through it. At the base of Mt Selwyn we saw a black bear but it escaped into the brush before we obtained a shot. Elaeagnus angustifolia is common in suitable places, and Echinopanax grows luxuriantly in certain spots. A short distance up the slopes of Mt Selwyn. A little old snow was seen in the ravines 109 Sunday Oct 2. To Ottertail River. We left camp between 9 and 10 and paddled down the river. We passed a number of small creeks and two large ones. The current was clearwater. Several riffles were seen, one of them quite a bad one, about the middle of the afternoon we passed the "Palfar" Rapid where we portaged about 100 yards or more and let the boat down on the left side. Boulders were common here and I took a few. The rapids is caused by a ledge of rock which crosses the river and is quite formidable. The drop is so sudden that it cannot be seen until one is near but we heard it plainly. After crawling up we eddied below we went on and soon passed the Ottertail River a good sized stream on our left. The valley is wider and we left that high mountains this morning. The day was cloudy with some rain