Diary, 1904, of trip to the Athabaska-Mackenzie region
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of the same bus near the Centre of the island. The eggs were incubated about 3 days Toward eleven o'clock shot by after summit the road went down and we went on for about 8 miles encamping shortly before sunrise for some sleep. Took some photos of the Mts near Mt. Rahammi. A fair sized river enters the Mackenzie from the Mts about 10 miles below Rahammi Riv. Friday June 7 Made a poorly early start. The day was fine and we made good progress and reached Wrigley shortly after 4 o'clock. After a stay of a couple I have to mention it for clear of the port and encamped on one of a group of small islands seems below Mt. Wrigley. I finished with all specimens on hand. Wednesday June 8 It started to blow hard early that morning and we could not leave camp until noon. Last night before the north wind sprung up there was evidently a movement of small bats as they are common near our camp in the forenoon having evidently been stuffed after dinner as the mud was somewhat abated we started but of course made only short time tracked the Rock by the river's side between bank