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[[underlined]] Mammoth Hot Springs [/[underlined]]

[[underlined]] Aug. 9. [[/underlined]] Went down through the Golden Gate to Mammoth Hot Springs & across Gardiner River & up one fork over a divide & down to the Yellowstone at Yances Hotel & on 2 miles farther to the bridge & camped. Came 30 miles. Came out of the thick timber into a park region [[strikethrough]] up [[/strikethrough]] at Willow Creek & Indian Creek & struck Spermophilus elegans at about 7400 feet. Top of cañon leading down through Golden Gate is marked 7300 feet. Down the cañon we drop rapidly to the Hot Sprs. & some 200 or 300 feet lower to the river.

In the deep river valley there is little timber & it is mainly Transition Zone. Douglass spruce & Juniperous are the principal trees. It is a hot cañon & on the hottest slope are several species of Sonoran Plants. Grassy ridges & parks characterize the country between the Gardiner & Yellowstone Rivers. A good antelope country. We saw two droves - 11 & 15.

At the Yellowstone River we strike another Transition Valley with a possible element of Sonoran on hot bare slopes but no true Sonoran Zone. The rock is mainly lava & basalt & porphry.

Saw a Badger & Porcupine, Tamias & Spermophilus elegans. Caught a Sorex in morning.

[[underlined]] Aug. 10. [[/underlined]]  Started at 8 & [[strikethrough]] P [[/strikethrough]] reached Cooke at 7. Came across to East Fork & up Soda Butte Creek on the route by which we went down. Rained about half the P.M. Camped in old cabin at Cooke.

Transcription Notes:
"Yances Hotel" would be Yancey's Pleasant Valley Hotel, near the junction of the Yellowstone and Lamar Rivers. "Juniperous" is Juniperus but transcribed as written.