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June 6. Got up early and
Took up my traps seeming
a fair catch I Common specie
That a fur 3 birds.
Shortly after breakfast we
Embarked and after proceeding
a short distance passed the
mouth of the Peace River
which comes in on the left
and uniting with the Rada
which no small inę®mpan
makes a broad rather Rapid
River. We proceeded on down
The Characters of the banks
Himman much the same but
slightly lower than where
Camped. Stopped shortly after
noon and after dinner
went to Work skimming specimenings
of which I had quite a lot
on hand. My brother was unable
& associated me and I
put in the afternoon and
after supper as long as
I could see without finish-
ng them all. A Pleasant day,
June 7. Finished up all my specimens
and between 10 and 11 o'clock started
on down the river. After
goin a few miles we put ashore
for dinner at a Trapper's cabin
on the left bank. On the spot
I found skulls of Lynx, Mustela,
Americana, Vulpes, Lutreola, Lutra
and a wolf. The latter was
muff for a specimen but
I collected the others.
A short distance below the left
bank of the river became higher
and as this place seemed a
favorable one for collecting
I concluded to Camp for a
few days more. We accordingly
put ashore at the mouth
of a creek which formed our
by the outlets of a lake about
a mile distant. I put out a good
line of Traps, While setting these
I pushed over a large poplar
stub in which I noticed a large
Woodpickers hole and found it
to contain 3 young Richardson's