M.B. Richardson 123 34 General Account. At about 15:30 AM I started down the river. The first mile or two was rather open consisting of fouling and willow thickets but after passing the stream which comes through Trout Meadow the canyon narrows down, the sheer granite faces of the walls come directly to the river bed and often made it necessary for me to wade or swim in the middle of the stream. The narrowest location of the river was about 2 1/2 ft wide and at this point the water was going like a mill race. In the slower portion of the river numerous Snakes could be observed while only one did I see a trout. During the first three mi down the Little Kern I observed $4 Water Gypels quats and many birds. The vegetation in the at the Kern