-13 Richardson 78 934 General Account 21 Emerald Lake 9340 ft. Inyo Co., California Packed up at the government camps this morning and took the trail to Emerald lake a distance of about 6 miles We arrived at our destination by 1:00 P.M. Three of Mrs. Bixons children came along with us. The trail follows along the ridge which was covered with a heavy fir forest. The first 4 1/2 mi is a continued up good and the next 1/2 mi. being down to flattest. The trail from the lake is rather poor coming over to Emerald and Astor lake. Emerald lake lies about 1/2 mi south east of Astor lake. In the afternoon we fixed camp and set out the traps, 15 down about the willow thicket near Astor lake, 5 along the stream edge near camp, and 5 about camp. Weather fair with few clouds.