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the Toboggan about four miles back
into the valley and came back to the
house. Tomorrow we will go up and
camp a few miles farther back and
hunt for a few days.
In the evening the boys got a
piece of bear skin and one of them would
put it over him while the other boys
would get the dogs to chase him.
This is their method of training young
dogs for the bear hunt.
Tue April 21-14.
Snow fell today, just enough
to prevent Doc and me from going
hunting. We put in the time working
on the frost in the attic.
Wed April 22-14.
Doc and I left the house at four p.m.,
went back the valley to our Toboggan,
picked it up, and carried it north, looking
for carbon. After travelling for about ten
miles we decided to go down to the ice
and descended the cliffs a little north
of Littleton Island. Seeing nothing
better we decided to camp on the
island, where we arrived about 10:35
p.m. We pitched our tent and made.