entrance to the next valley two miles to the south, I worked all the P.M. on the skins and at 5.30 left with Sum Dorche to cute up the fine valley although we had broken the day trip. He pointed out to me the spot where he had killed his bear and I rescued the skull which was beside the rubbers of their tire, it was that of a quite red female with well worn teeth and will make the skin more valuable as a specimen for I can purchase at from here. We had had some rain in the P.M. & the clouds still hung heavily over the sky at that with in the forest too thick of trees and the shadows there was a number half light and the spruce spine trunks were black as jet. I left Mr Burnes at the upper end of the valley walked slowly then the trout ward the summit of the ridge, which had it was already so dark that I could only with difficulty sight my tire and I had about decided to return to Sum Dorche who was some distance before me to the left. Before doing so I decided to continue to