mile further on where we stopped ascending. The height is said to have been measured at about 10000 feet but Ross' climbing would indicate a lift of 9600 feet above sea or 2300 above the Bear's dam. On the two highest places on Laraine Peak Mr. Ross found inscribed in the rock the name of Charles Peabody 1859. The name of R. Hamp- ton was found punched with a knife into a tin can and into this Mr. Ross placed a piece of dope with his name -- L. S. Ross Des Moine Univ, Des Moines Iowa. Other names were Griswley and Steele. The descent was something terrific, became down a little more to the west which lead us through a pine forest and over mud falls trails. The granite has fallen down on the other Mt. side in great rounded boulders. After much study we reached the base at the Bear's dam over which we found our way through the cullings, this was the climax of the day. Then we had