Diary, 1903-1904, of trips with A. F. Camsell, Merritt Cary, and Alfred Emerson Preble to the Athabaska-Mackenzie region
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Friday Nov6. Took Scinurus, Certains, Phrompens and Donus neborhoodni and Personatus also a few birds. Saturday Nov6. Took a ruffed Grouse near the Fork and a few mammals. Day snowy and windy. Saturday Nov7. Took a few mammals and Bonasa in the afternoon. In the afternoon fixed up my specimens and worked on my notes. Sunday Nov8. Rattles and wind. The barometer wind down last night 5/10 below 0 Monday Nov9. Took a few mammals and a goshawa. Very few birds now about. Tuesday Nov10. Park in the day working on reports. Wednesday Nov11. Spent the forenoon in the woods taking some riddles and a Shumplad grouse and a few mice in paths. In P.M. skinned my specimens and worked on notes. a rare cold day Thursday Nov12. Put in the day on reports Friday Nov 13. Took a G.N.-owl in Trap and shirk some snowbirds. Also trapped a few mice. A very raw cold day, the coldest of the season so far. Took some photos. Nov27. Have been taking a few specimens Nearly every day. Today Mrs. week Cony left for Providence Nov28. Accompanied Capt. Mills on a visit this line & rabbit snares extending about 6 miles. I crossed the river diagonally downward from the foot of the island to get to the beginning of the track which made a circle inland. I found 27 squirrels. Took some riddles and a Hudsonian Chickadee. See 5. During the past week I have several times spent a part of the day in the woods and have taken a few small birds and several Great Horned, and Snowy Owls. Today I again put the rounds of the snares getting a large number of rabbits and a ruffled grouse, which I shot. near the Fork. While crossing the river I saw Tracks of 3 wolves and several foxes The Track on which the snares are set passes through small spruce forests and muskegs.