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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] up steep grade for about 3 hours. The country is rough & picturesque. Struck Juniperus pachyphlea & J. (virginianus?) & Pinus edulis on the foot hills & kept with them up to edge of big pines & douglas spruce. Train got tired & we made the last mile in wagon, up through beautiful forest to the camp of Cloudcroft. Located in tent no 5 on Chipmunk Ave. Were glad to have a fire to go to bed by. Passed a few little cabins & log houses & two lumber camps. The train hauls logs down to Alamogardo - yellow pine & douglas fir. The mountains are covered with splendid timber but are scantily watered. A few springs & creeks seem low down but no water near the top. The supply is pumped up about 3 miles for the town of Cloudcroft. From Lower Sonoran zone in the valley we pass through Upper Sonoran, & Transition & find ourselves in Canadian at Cloudcroft. Many Transition species are still with us on warm slopes but otherwise the vegetation is pure Canadian.