May 7. 28 m. below A. Landing, to 10. miles above Pelican Rapids Were routed out by the guide about 3. am., and travelled until dark when we had come about 10 miles, mainly through a rather heavily forested region the character of the banks remaining the same as those passed the first day and the same kind of forest covering them. We saw several flocks of "Gray war epis" (anves) and a flock of st cranes besides several other species elsewhere noted. We passed during the after- noon 2 slight rapids a few miles apart. We went ashore on the right bank at a point where there was a steep beach closely spared with small boulders. May 8. The weather remaining stormy we remained in Camp. call day. During the afternoon the ran several times changed to sleet hail or snow and we passed a rather uneven- portable day. May 9. 10 miles above Pelican River ek to Mouth of House River Though the weather showed no signs of clearing the entire party left camp about 9:30 am., putting some of our heavier cargo on the snow which we have accompanied this for we left them in our code for greater comfort about 11 am. we passed the mouth of the Pelican River where 15 or 20 pelicans were started from the shore near the mouth of the river, also a number of Coots. About noon we stopped at a small stream and had dinner and just as we were about