August 1, 1905, Tuesday, (Continued) Reached Ste. Anne des Monts about 4.30 P. M. nearly frozen. Went into Le. [illegible] Montagne's store and talked with him about boarding places, eating, etc. He recommended Mr. La Francois' place. Fernald had a downstairs room and I am upstairs. Before supper Fernald and I walked up to Ste. Anne River and after supper down to the post office. August 2, 1905, Wednesday Rainy and cold. Stayed about Le Francois' house most of the day and partially organized things to go up river. In the P. M. Mr. Cote' of Cap Chat and a friend came and we decided to have Mr. Cote' take charge of trip and we made out a list of things for him to get tomorrow. We plan to start in the early P. M. In the P. M. we walked down thrpugh village and back. In the evening talked with the superintendent of the mill. August 3, 1905, Thursday Cloudy and foggy in the A. M. Clearing in the P. M. Clear with aurora borealis in the evening. In the A. M. spent most of the time in getting ready to go up river. We had La Francois haul our baggage down to the river after dinner and about 1.30 P. M. we started up- river with two canoes with Fernald and part of the luggage in one and I and the rest of the baggage in another. The river is' a rather rough one and we went up about one hundred feet in the first nine miles. Here we stopped for the night at Mr. Starkey's lower camp(Thomas Starkey).