Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent of all cancers in fair-skinned populations.

She had not had time for a proper bath in the week since this journey had begun. She had been forced to bathe in the washbasins of the inns along the route, giving herself what her old nursemaid would have called “a lick and a promise.”

To the Editor: The cover photography for “The Last Wilderness ” contains an S.U.V. As a graduate of the University of Montana, I fully understand the reality of travel in the intermountain West.

Mr. Clay was accredited with these views.