J. Rodgers 108 Frank Clarke Ranch, 7mi. S.W. Laytonville Mendocino Co., Calif. Mar. 31, 1938 concerning his old friends at the university. He asked concerning Joseph Grinnell, Raymond Hall, Miss Wylthe, Dr. Kofoed, W. P. Taylor, Harry Swarth, Dr. Daniel, Dr. Long, Dr. Holmes, Dr. Letoel, Dr. Holman, Dr. Herne, George Wright, Joseph Dixon, Miss Ruth Woodman (who is now Mrs. Pederson, and who, with others, visited him recently and won his admiration for making a long hand shiko with no complaints). Mr. Clarke said that so far this season they had 103 inches of rain, and only 3, 5, 6? miles away there had been 127 inches to date. We saw places where the whole hillside slid several feet, pulling fences apart or pulling the bottoms far enough along to leave them at an angle of 40 to 80 degrees instead of 90 as they should be. In regard to bears, Mr. Clarke said that during the last month, he, Lad and Joe had repaired more than 50 holes in his fences, all of which were obviously made by bears, and all of which he attributed to the big black bear which we had just skinned. He says that