"This valley is canoe shaped, i.e closed at and widest at the center. The same is also true for the Little Fort Valley but on one hand I this morning saw nothing I struck higher than the Redwood. At the crest of Mount Massanutten Mt. overlooking the Shenandoah Valley here as in the eastern valley one is impressed with the log of hors members of the Shenandoah and the moist nature of this river in a fairly flat valley. The river is now seen to be cutting considerably fast in many places we see the rocks crossing the river making riffles. Across the river valley the land gradually rises to North Mt, which also not a little south of Laurel Creek, but if it is a higher Little Lively Mt. rage also decaying out just below horndstrock while still North Mt. further east is a higher range and large than any of the others. Coming down the mountain one soon sees the upper candy members of the Mountain Lily and Dalmorilla testudinarie. About half way down the foot side within 100 feet of the spring and trunk for horses (I)ike collected Dalmoralla testudinaria, Refnerguina alternate, Taronculus concentricus and especially common Plethuromitis senicus. This is the level of 1350 feet above the sea. The same holds with mi-