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Monday Sept 12 To Hellow Falls
The flow at the foot of the falls
proved to be full of grayling
and small Trout. So while Dan
and George went on I stayed
to catch a few and then follow
on. They crossed the river a
short distance below, where
I caught up with them. They
killed 3 grayling, 2 Trout &
carried a foot, and one large
Trout about 14lbs a mile
or 100 below the blazed trail
led up the side of the valley
and we followed it until not
very convinced that it was
a good Trail and then had to
come back and camped on
the side of the valley some
way above the river
Tuesday Sept 13
Dan and I started out with oxes
shortly after six o'clock and cut a
Trail for about 5 miles. Then he
returned for the horses while I
kept on with the axe. By the time they
had caught up with me about
sunrise, I had cut and blazed
about 3 miles more, which
makes the best day we have
done for some time. The turn
continues to fall nearly the
entire valley. I saw many
birds but was unable to
pay much attention to them.
Moose tracks plentiful and
Red squirrels fairly common.