Diary, 1903-1904, of trips with A. F. Camsell, Merritt Cary, and Alfred Emerson Preble to the Athabaska-Mackenzie region
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Vahicorum, Rubus (raspberry) Rosa, Aristotrophos, Vace_, Votardon White & black species the former of some large same nearly 2 feet in diameter. At the foot of the raped Trout if good sage or jumping a number I caught some with my spoonhask When I left them lying on the rocks to cross the portage A rough attempt to appropriate one of this and in my return I caught him I'm at still trap tying the cham with one hand and pulling the fork away from him with the other until he put his foot into it. I took photos of the outputs From here we kept on down the river, descending a short riffle a few hundred yards below the Big Riffle and another a quarter a mile beyond. The river had one a broad deep channel which went in a with currents very between high rashy banks. Rarely covered On thus a quarter of a mile below the last riffle or came w another rapids. This was influently formed but less so than the other and passed a quarter of a mile long. Here we made a portage of 1/4 mile on the west side over a rocky ridge and across a moray Trout at the lower end of the portage on camped. On the portage I saw many red currants (Smooth-fruit) that riburn leaves are now seen. Aspen tree (a pair) on this portage and some white species Black currants with a disagreeable taste are common. The red ones are fine. They more Tracks - some quite fresh seen today - and another much seen in the many others, our cannon pudging by signs.