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(Sunday)
July 21. Rain in night &
early morning. We got up
early & made our own
breakfast before others
got up. I was in field
about 8:30 & came in for
lunch about 1:00 - to find
that lunch was at 2:00.
Dordsey and I had a
sandwich & Harry took
us by truck was to the
new airstrip, reasonably
close to mountains SE of
camp. A persistent rain
developed, so we came in a
bit early - as 5:15 - somewhat
camp. The side valley we
entered had a resident bear
so we were supposed to carry
a rifle, but when I talked,
Harry Strong gave me a