Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . thedisplay and variety of flow^ersgrowing upon the slope, ad-joining a stream. There werewhite columbine, pink sweet briar, red bugle weed, yellowmules ears, blue larkspur, sago lilies of different shades, andmany others—a riot of color and a delight. In former j^ears,we were told, this was the condition of every meadow andglade. To-day such placesare few and sheep grazing isthe cause. We located our camp at thehead of Duck Lake, a pictur-esque sheet of water surround-ed by meadows and woodedhills, at an elevation of 10,000feet. The lake is fed by nu-merous springs
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . thedisplay and variety of flow^ersgrowing upon the slope, ad-joining a stream. There werewhite columbine, pink sweet briar, red bugle weed, yellowmules ears, blue larkspur, sago lilies of different shades, andmany others—a riot of color and a delight. In former j^ears,we were told, this was the condition of every meadow andglade. To-day such placesare few and sheep grazing isthe cause. We located our camp at thehead of Duck Lake, a pictur-esque sheet of water surround-ed by meadows and woodedhills, at an elevation of 10,000feet. The lake is fed by nu-merous springs and containstrout of large size. Its out-let is subterranean, giving riseto a good sized stream in avalley five miles below. Ding-ing a weeks collecting welargely extended our seriesof mammals and insects, butagain failed to secure or even to see a specimen of the varyinghare. This animal, while formerly not uncommon, is be-coming extremely rare. On July 22 we reached the railroad at Lund, whencewe returned east. G. P. ON THE SHEEP-HERDERS TRAIL THROUGH WOODS OF ASPENS, MARKAGUNT PLATEAU, 9000 FEET 52 THE year 1917 was notable in New YorkCity for the opening of the CatskillAqueduct which supphed the city with a newwater system suitable to its needs. All ofthe citys educational institutions united incelebrating this important local event by hold-ing exhibitions reflecting their activities. TheBrooklyn Museum at the request of the Mayorof New Yorks Catskill Aqueduct CelebrationCommittee and the sub-committees on art, sci-entific, and historical exhibitions, arranged inits galleries a collection of the works of Ameri-can painters who were prominent in the periodfrom 1860 to 1885. The following pages aretaken from the catalogue of the exhibition. 53
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