and grubs and other main birds breed there we found no nests as the Indians had already searched the island for eggs. I saw a number of birds not before observed here and took some. Saw a pair of variegated thrushes but was unable to secure them. Mr. Gault [illegible] me the claws of a large brown bird taken near the mouth of the Mackenzie. He has also had some canoes made for me of the mudflats mail line. Fort Good Hope June 24. Took a few specimens and made them up and made some preparations to start tomorrow June 25. Laid out traps and finished up. Left Fort Hope about 12 o'clock and continued on down the river until nearly eleven when we encamped on the left bank. The banks are mostly high in some cases steep cut banks everal hundred feet high bordering the river Harriman river, about 2 miles below the Fork is a very dark clear water The current at its mouth is very slack. Several