Beaver 1967 Alaska Journal 67 3 Aug. (cont.) Meade River We decided to cast along the river to collect fossils and look around. We saw a savomath sparrow and also a yellow wagtail along the river. We found some nice fossils of coniferous plants that Tom said a fellow from U of Idaho said were Cretaceous in age. We returned to camp at 2130. The keys arrived so we started the generator and turned on the fridge. We kumed in at 2400 after writing notes. 4 Aug. Got up on date. We wanted to go up river, but couldn't get the motor running so we went east away and then turned south west. The tundra's "lumpy" in little treacle like clumps. This made walking difficult. The weather is clear but very windy (from North) and about 55 deg F. On the way, we saw a wounded caribou and black belted flower. We walked S.W. until we came to a large (3/4 mi wide x 1 1/2 mi long) lake. The shore was covered with big brightly colored snail shells. I collected several. At the lake, we saw a ground squirrel - citellus undulatus. We also saw several arctic loons on a small lake. One semipalmated sandpiper flew by. Along the shore of this small lake, we saw 3 Red backs, 5 Sectors, and one BB flower.