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59. passed the previous night. Here we cooked dinner and had raspberries for desert, these growing in great abundance. Looking back over the Ausable valley which we had followed up, we had a fine view of Mt. McIntyre. Just before reacing this camp, we saw a partridge standing on a stump. We tried to approach close enough to get a picture but just missed out. The trail now became more difficult, becoming steeper, and now crossing a swamp, now following straight up a stream. For two hours we splashed upward through mud and water. Whether the trail is actually located in the bed of a stream or whether the recent rains had caused the waters to flow from the heights down the trail, I am unable to say. Although this was the Marcy trail, we had not yet properly commenced the ascent of Mt. Marcy. The trail leads up to about the top of Mt. Colden - to the west of Marcy - and then circles around to the north and east at about a constant level until you strike Marcy itself about 1500 feet from the summit. We had had a distant view of Marcy from the lumber camp the preceding night and then had not seen it again until, after ascending Mt. Colden, a break in the trees revealed it only a short distance away, its bare top continually surrounded by clouds. We passed two other [ImageMt. Marcy ]
