well nigh exhausted form had had a pretty strain on the wheels & heels of the horses. We were all soaked white skin with rain round & as it was getting dark there was nothing left but camps. But these were made the only spot in an approximately level way and the middle of the road that was a mass of mud. But we got our tents up and since the kids were snug we slept and spent night by not getting off. them once we had camp made. The mud we had come (D & I) to heavily fouled with spruce trees on its northern side and the road led down through this dense wood into a deep valley. At the bottom was a rushing torrent, now swollen & 3 times its size but usually a small wet stream. Below the road that ran across the valley there are few trees but a tangle of low bushes. Under foot the ground was miles thick with moss & grass all wet like a great sponge. Far down in the main valley we could see a danger rise but it did not appear that it was an avalanche.