May 28 Got very few mammals in our traps Shot a muskrat in muskey near camp, also Two Canada grouse Bay brested wabblers and some agnards Ruined some toward evening Troos leaving with fast. When we came here (May 25) They had barely started. May 29. Made only a poor catch of mammals. Took 3 rabbits in traps but they were so bruised and bloody as to be unfit for skins so only the Skulls were saved Shot a number of birds including Cantopus dorsalis Emporal minima Serurus auricupillus Bonasa, Dendroma castanea Hermit & Olive Backed Thrushes & Bayorms phebe the latter one of a pair which probably had a nest on a cliff near the Lake shore. Reect a good many traps Observed signs of Beans on the rocky hills west of camp. Corps of Bonasa & Canocites examined. The latter contained young Beans of the Aspen Poplar. That of the spruce grouse was filled with barn of Aretostophy ursus May 30 He had planned to break Camp and to make another Camp somewhere near the outlet of the Lake to the west of Chipervyan But the ch day proved so stormy for thought it unadvisable to move. We took very little in our traps and the heavy rain made hunting impossible, so we were able to accomplish but little beyond digging and preparing our specimens for packing. May 31. Took up ours traps and left camp about 8 a.m. The Lake proved to be rather rough but we reached Chipervyan safely about noon. On our way two "waves" Chen. were seen to alight on a high cliff near the shore. We stopped the canoe and while my brother and one of the canoeemen kept the