July 17, 1906, Tuesday Very warm. last night with myriads of sand flies. Thousands came through the canopy. Cote' came in with a 25 pound salmon taken on the trout fly rod. Cloudy all day- mostly very warm. In the vacinity of 8.00 A. M. we started up- river again- most of the poling was very difficult with a great deal of wading for the canoe men. Reached our last years camping place at the foot of Mount Albert trail soon after 1.00 P. M. In the P. M. sorted things for the trip up the mountain, which we plan to take tomorrow. Our first view of Mt. Albert about noon showed twelve snow fields near the summit. Roy and Perry dried driers this P. M. Cote' and Joe went up the mountain to see the condition to the trail. July 18, 1906, Wednesday Very rainy last night. Showery all day. Started about 9.00 A. M. for the trip up the mountain. Arrived at last years camp site (3250 feet) about 1.30 P. M. and then proceeded up to the tableland hoping to find a good place to camp there, but could not, so returned and camped in the same place as last year. Big areas of snow across the trail near tableland. About 3.00 p.m. Cote', Roy, and Perry went down the mountain for another load of supplies. Joe stayed up with us. Most of the P. M. was devoted to making camp. Fernald and I have separate tents.