46. GS. 1963 Journal 18 Aug. to the live plot after the movie 19 Aug Barrow, Alaska Holland and I stayed with the colony work until 1430. The Schultz special diet is not working very well. Enough animals are dying to cause inconsistencies within the data. After 1500, Logsdon and I set lines XIII + XIV in the fertilizer plot. The plot is a little more wet than usual and several trapping stations were left without traps. Mild day compared to the freezes recently. A crisp wind from the east is blowing softly. After dinner, Hank and I set lines V, VI, VII and VIII while Logsdon pulled in III A,B and IV A,B. The nights are getting darker; it will be necessary to use weasels with lights pretty soon. 20 August Barrow, Alaska Logsdon is ill with tonsillitis and is going into the village to see the doctor. Therefore, I ran the traps this morning leaving the colony to Holland. Since Keith Van Cleve & Dean Stanley were going to the fertilizer plot to clip grass, I went along to check the lines and help them. They also clipped from Schultz's plot while I checked the other 4 lines. We got back by noon. After lunch I helped Holland finish the colony work. I decided to close down the metabolic experiment with special diet because of the frequent deaths and obvious