Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . of the hawkmoth until May 27. This is a very rare in-sect and we were content when we had secured three addi-tional specimens during June. Occupied with our work and away most of the time oncollecting trips to regions removed from habitations, we hadlittle opportunity to become acquainted with the people, butoften at night we would join a gathering of men around theircampfire across the road from the ranch. These men, whileinterested in our work, above all loved to talk about theaffairs of the world. Some had travelled extensively in Eu-rope doing missionary work fo
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . of the hawkmoth until May 27. This is a very rare in-sect and we were content when we had secured three addi-tional specimens during June. Occupied with our work and away most of the time oncollecting trips to regions removed from habitations, we hadlittle opportunity to become acquainted with the people, butoften at night we would join a gathering of men around theircampfire across the road from the ranch. These men, whileinterested in our work, above all loved to talk about theaffairs of the world. Some had travelled extensively in Eu-rope doing missionary work for their church, and so we foundourselves at times listening to a man, unshaven, dressed insheepskins and wearing chaps, discoursing on the organ-ization of governments, on architecture or art. Camping trips into the high mountains planned for earlyMay, necessarily had to be delayed several weeks on accountof snow. On the 28th, Ernest Duffin, a neighboring rancherand a noted cougar hunter, whose services had been engaged 38. AFTER THE SNOWSTORMPine Valley Mountains, 8000 feet, May 30, 1917 as guide, sent word that he was ready to attempt the PineValley Mountains and w^e started on the same day, Mr. Dollremaining at Bellevue. Our outfit included two saddle andtwo pack horses and two of Duffins hounds. The nearest trail up the steep face of the eastern sideof the range still being blocked by snow and inaccessible tohorses, we approached in a roundabout way from the north-ern side, passing through the small settlement of New Har-mony and camping the first night at Stoddards CattleRanch, 7,000 feet elevation. It had been a rarely beautifuland clear day and as we looked back at the towering redcliffs glowing in the evening sun above the Belle^nie Ridge,it was hard to realize that these cliffs were thirtj^ miles away. Hoar frost covered our blankets as we awoke from asound sleep in the morning. When I returned from inspect-ing a line of traps, Duffin served breakfast—bacon and eggs,
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