July 30 notable the spruce trees sharply silhouetted against the sky and the darker masses of the forest wrestling a massy jet. It is a truly boreal country and one might be in Alaska, Canada, or Siberia as well as in the edge of Mongolia. On July 31 Sam Noble returned. We had sent for his wife earlier in the P.M., and had discussed the reasons for his absence. She appeared greatly moved and seemed afraid that a bear had killed him, for he had been away 14 days when he left for family ten. We showed the lady six photos of Olga Vlamingsko as we article had written for