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thickly overgrew with white spruce
with some Dutch Aspen & Paleson
Poplar, with an undergrowth of
Alnus incana cornus (red coar)
willow etc. The rocks are
covered with lichious some of
a brick red color. Vaccinium
ground cedar, Jumperies etc
with Bunkscian pines mostly of
small size. a little beyond
this is Big Datands with two
or 3 small islands near to
the north. Beyond it as far
as the eye can reach is an apparently unbroken ex.
panes of ice.
Back from the shore are many
streams murkely with small
streams drawing them which reach
the Lake by underground channels
in most casesh.
Sam Many and Sexters always
in passo and a few whiteh
mugid Sexters and noisy Herring
Gulls.. Shot a Rabbit and a
spruce grouse while setting traps
May 26. Got a few specimens
in our Traps and made them
up. My brother shot a Common
Lanager in a poplar near the
Tent Saw a grouse drum
several times. He stood erect
and had his arms only half
open, the motion being from
the shoulders. Took some photo-
graphs of the Lake, rocks, etc.
May 27. Up early. Got a
fair catch of mammals in-
Sliding Creek, Microscopex. Evert
traps Putturus. Shot a rabbit
and some spruce and ruffed
about a number of
small birds. Set some more
steel Traps. Saw a Toad half
a hour on the shore half
a miles East of Camp.
Park in the afternoon on pie
rivers and finished up my
thing. The location seems to
be off the path of migration
and for small birds we seem
A very fine day.