Cade 1956 General Account 4 July to locate his pistol and cartridge belt in 3 feet of water now 20 yds below the accident, and they were recovered. Also lost was most of our cooking suit. A couple of the pots were found a mile or so down river. I had a record, light paddle which Ben earned. He could hold it for only 10-15 minutes when the blade snapped right off the handle, so he had to pole and slice his boat the rest of the day. Wind came up, and weather turned bad, so we put ashore on a gravel bar at our next meeting with Web. We put everything out to dry off, etc., and raked out about 1200. 5 July Got up at 1000 after 22 hours of wind and rain. Saw now out enough to dry things off. Spent miserable night under one of the boats. Wind blew the rain right under. After breakfast, Ben set to work repairing the carve paddle while Web and I went scouting ground squirrels for the falcons. We departed this camp at 1430, with Web still walking but soon the water got better, and with our lightened load, he was able to ride with Ben. Weather was good, so we travelled right on through the "night". 6 July Hit the mouth of the [illegible] River about 0030, and the travelling improved much more but Ben's boat is still leaking badly, with no