doubtfully commenced to hiber- note and as I have seen none since the first one and I find burrows with dirt freshly pudi- ed out from the micede, appar- ently the final closing up for the routes. In the afternoon while looking at my traps. I saw a caribou which had been stirred by the Indians. It: passed quite close to me, but, as I did not have my rifle I could not secure it. Also saw a polar bear on a ridge about a mile from au camp. As the Eskimos were hunting in that direction. I thought he might kill it, but the bear moved off to the northward and the Eskimo did not see it Monday Aug 18. Took up all my Traps this morning as I did not think it advisable to stay any longer on account of the difficulties to be encountered in returning and it seems impossible to get any more Spermafophes. We left early at high tide and though we had the wind against us all뿚y, we managed to make a very good day's journey getting back nearly to our former oll camp. where I engaged the Eskimos. During the forenoon we saw four caribou on the shore. Two of these were close to the beach and quardared us as me passed them apparently with great curiosity one of them walking along the beach opposite us for some distance. I saw great numbers of Landpepis of several species flying south ward and 1 black throated Cornbird with the frost – and a number of Saundersiup the frost I have noted