Diary, 1913, of trip with Charles Robert Cross to British Columbia
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Sunday August 31. Lti Pott Connolly. Remained at camp at Bear Lake. The Indians tell me that the part for men on an Island near the head of the lake. The present form consists of about a dozen horses and a good sized chuck which is still unfinished but workable. We have arranged with a sub Black Cut Tom to guide us to a sheep place near the Snotrit. The day was fine and warm and the small migrants were coming for a few of traps and found a lot of specimens. Coming fear Count white tailed ptarmigan to be quite common above the Timber. Both a 2 and young one which was flying. Saw also 2 males on one of the peaks and the others pass some more. Late in the afternoon after the 2 Indians had left to come back to camp, and Corn and I had continued on to a peak to the east. Camp. One of them came many afternoons saying that he had seen a large griffy, a gullish near our camp as, he was preparing to descend. We ran back at once but could find nothing much to record. Collected timber plants of various kinds. August 7. Rain had all day. Spent day on specimens. Nothing much to record.