Feather. 1935. Boyes Prairie, Prairie Creek State Park, 240 ft., 4. Humboldt Co., Calif. (cont.) Oct. 5, 1936. Smedberg within one yard of the house. Mr. [illegible] stated that elk could be heard and seen nearly every night from his house. He also said the elk visited the beach at night and roamed about on the sand. We saw fresh tracks in the sand on the beach. A fresh-water lake about 2 acres in extent was situated two hundred yards inland from the ocean. The shores of the lake were fringed with tules and cat-tail. On all sides of the lake except that fronting the ocean, rose steep brush-covered hills. Some varieties of brush were: huckleberry, [illegible], salal, salmon berry and wild blackberries and ferns. Mr. Russell and I walked half way around the lake on one side, returned and walked part way around on the other side. Elk "sign" was very plentiful. Droppings, tracks and scored tree trunks and broken alder saplings testified to the recent presence of elk. I heard a commotion in the brush and Mr. Russell and I soon saw three cows and two yearling elk trot up the opposite hillside and stop. They turned and watched us a few minutes and then commenced feeding. We waited