[Journal of the Crocker Land Expedition "Q"], 1913-1914
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128 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.