April 30. 1901 Left Edmonton about 6 P.M. and drove about 5 miles on the road to wood Athabasca Landing and camp- ed just before dark beside the road near a shallow pond. The country is flat and mostly covered with a scattering growth of willows, with here and there a grove of Coplers and in one or two places we saw spruces growing in swamps May 1: Left Camp early and iendly about 20 miles through a pretty flat Country with many marshy places. Sparcely wooded Roads very bad Saw a good many birds, elsewhere noted. Forward night we passed through some country more heavily wooded with Pine, Poplar and some spruce in the swamps and camped near the Sturgeon River. May 2: Crossed the Sturgeon River and came about 20 milesalls to the Vermilion River where we Camped. The Country far