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[[underlined]] West from Blue Mountain [[/underlined]]

so that the visitor has a clear view over the tree tops. To the west you can see the lakes you have already passed through and to the east are countless small bodies of water. Marcy and the great Sentinel Range of mountains are more clearly visible here than from Black Bear. The descent down the mountain can be made in a very short time and after a beautiful evening's boat ride, you reach Fourth Lake about 9 P. M.

On the top of Black Bear we found large patches of that rare cinque-foil, found only on the summits of the very highest mountains in the eastern United States, the Potentilla tridentata with its shining three-toothed leaves. In the moss on the northern portion of the summit were many golden-rods and Hieraciums, the Solidago Randii with its smaller variety monticola, and Hieracium Pilosella with its long white hairs being the most interesting. Blueberries were everywhere and added greatly to our luncheon.

The descent from Black Bear was accomplished in much less time than the ascent and soon wecwere walking along the roads skirting the end of the lake to the Inlet. A bright blue wild lettuce (Lactuca pulchella) we found growing along the roadside. In all clearings, on all burnt-over ground and along all roads in the Adirondacks the commonest flower is the fireweed (Epilobium