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Notes to Pages 223-229 287Council in 1876, and served as sheriff of the EastJudicialDistrict of Manitoba 1876-1928 ("Inkster").Field Note for Mond,!), 9 AugustRead Rex Beach's "The Silver Horde" all dayAs its title might suggest, this novel tells the story of salmon. Itis an adventure about a cannery in Alaska written by a contemporaryof Robert Service who lived at the Ramparts on theYukon River, and features an adventurous heroine, CherryMalotte, who is as capable of swooning as of successfully undertakingdangerous wilderness travel to survive diabolical ruffiansof the American frontier (Beach).author of a PlxJtogeographic Survry Of North America (19II). Evidently,the identification of the specimens in the women's collectionofflora was much aided by this timely meeting.Field Notes follOWing last dated entryBooks read May-Oct. 19~6Citations of the non-canonical titles-by Cannan, Galsworthy,Masefield, Duchaussois, and Stewart-in this list are providedin the general list of references. The 'Journal" is doubtless thatof Alexander Mackenzie. As well, citations are provided for theeight titles of books about North American birds, which arelisted towards the end of the field notes.Field Note for Thursd,!), 1 Ii Augusta Botanist Professor Harshberger frotn Philadelphia whonatned our plants for usDorrien Smith's field note for this date identifies him asJohnW. Harshberger (1869-1929), a professor of botany and