Part II--Narrative of the St. Elias Expedition of 1890 . . . . . 75 Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 From Seattle to Sitka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 From Sitka to Yakutat Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Canoe Trip up Yakutat Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Base Camp on the Shore of Yakutat Bay . . . . . . . . . . . 86 First Day's Tramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Canoe Trip in Disenchantment Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 From Yakutat Bay to Blossom Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Blossom Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Life above the Snow-Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 First Camp in the Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 {54} Across Pinnacle Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 First full View of St. Elias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Summit of Pinnacle Pass Cliffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Across Seward Glacier to Dome Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Up the Agassiz Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Camp on the Newton Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Highest Point reached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Alone in the highest Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 The Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Part III--Sketch of the Geology of the St. Elias Region . . . . . 167 General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Yakutat System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Pinnacle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 St. Elias Schist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Geological Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Part IV--Glaciers of the St. Elias Region . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Natural Divisions of Glaciers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Alpine Glaciers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Characteristics of Alpine Glaciers above the Snow-Line . . 180 Characteristics of Alpine Glaciers below the Show-Line . . 183 Piedmont Glaciers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Part V--Height and Position of Mount St. Elias . . . . . . . . . 189 Appendix A--Official Instructions governing the Expedition . . . 192 Appendix B--Report on topographic Work; by Mark B. Kerr . . . . . 195 Appendix C--Report on auriferous Sands from Yakutat Bay; by J. Stanley-Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Appendix D--Report on fossil Plants; by Lester F. Ward . . . . . 199 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 ILLUSTRATIONS.