L. 20, P. 4. feet of water and the top had to cut a long round - elvot track in order to reach the top like Bith Dave and Pat Morey tell me they are having unseemable weather with lots of rains. The daily 24-hour temperature (max. + min.) ranges from 86° to 75°, practically the same as in the Palmer Junction camp. This afternoon patches of blue sky & sunshine; but the mountains remain invisible. The rain level is now down 8 feet from the high. This camp has been only a moderately good one for me. It has given me two or three species of mammals that I did not have from Palmer. But I expect they were there (even perhaps the fourth species of Melomp). The worst pest here is the punkies (sandflies) which can go through mosquito bar. Leeches are moderately common but not too bad. House flies are quite a nuisance; stinging bees, as they usually do after a few days, have now quite disappeared. I'm really sorry for Bress & Rand who will probably have to spend the best part of a month here yet. Wednesday, July 10th. Another month and half the year gone. Weather light rain most of night; this morning mist and drizzle. The run up a little. I have this morning designed a short cape of wildcloth with 2 holes in the middle to put the head through - one for each of my 2 dogs and one for myself. At present they cause considerable mirth but I fancy they will be appreciated in the hills, when trap-lines I have to be run too cold rainy mornings. They are something after the style of S. American pindos, but quite short. Sunrise at 11.30 but hills still dark. The weather continued to clear however and by evening the mountains were all out and in fact bright star light. I think this marks a change for the better in the weather. At 7pm just after day the people from Pat