Thompson Olympus Guard Station to Soldier Hot Spring May 1, 1934 Growth has been considerably cleared out. All of this area is within the monument. It is possible that this extensive browsing has added to the recreational value of the area in making it more picturesque and habitable than the more densely brushy areas. It is difficult to say whether the area is overbrowsed because we could not determine whether the forage is still diminishing or whether it has reached a new balance. Muir collected in this mile, two b cougar scat and three bobcat scat. The cougar scat contained elk hair. Five more bobcat scat were collected between the station and Deer Sales. One of these (presumably bobcat) up near [Hol] Lake, contained farm hair and feet (deer), suggesting its no that if it were bobcat it was carrion. Summer elk sign was numerous on the top of the ridge above [Ho] Lake. It appeared that the bulls stay high on these ridges leading to Bogachiel Peak. At several places during the