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[[underlined]] Chusca Mts. 

Oct. 7 [[/underlined]]. Continued north along top of plateau over same kind of country and at about 8800 to 9000 feet. Passed half a dozen large and small lakes until we came out on rim of deep canyon with wagon road in bottom that crosses the range in deep notch. Couldnt well get down to road so camped at a little lake with fresh turkey [[insertion]] 310 [[/insertion]] tracks all around and set traps. This north end of the range has long steep slopes covered densely with Aspens and Picea pungens and Abies arizonica along the stream gulches. There is a more extensive area of Canadian zone here than at the south end of the range when it appears only on local cold slopes in bends of canyons or north sides of ridges.

From just north of our last camp a high ridge of lava rock runs along the east crest of the range, deeply overlying the horizontal sandstone mesa. This reaches its highest point where it drops abruptly to the notch thro which the wagon road passes.

Transcription Notes:
reviewed -@meg_shuler Chusca = Chuska? There is a Sierra Chusea in New Mexico. Bailey has a number of entries on "Chusea Mts"