Sullivan J. Wales, Alaska Journal June 29 (cont.) seal hunting also goes on. A school teacher and his wife had just left the village and had not yet been replaced. 2000 Peyton, Holmes, and I set out snap traps - we ran down one minotaur oeconomus (tundra vole). Set out 14 snap traps. June 30 Peyton, Holmes, and I went up Wales Mt. 1 mile behind the village. Rain and cloudy weather continued. Holmes spotted a rock s. about 3/4 of the way up the mountain - in an area of scattered rocks - and grasses and lichens. Other birds in the area included golden plover, western and Baird's s., L.t. jayper, g.-c. sparrow, redpoll, redbacked s., northern 1 red phalascope. On top of the mountain we split up, Holmes and Peyton went down the far side I continued toward the south, and later swung down into the valley beyond the mountain - then down the valley back to Wales. 1330 Holmes and I hunted toward Kopp Lagoon. We saw and handled 2 juvenile western s. perhaps 3-4 days old. I saw a yellow-billed loon in a lake 3/4 of a mile north of Wales. The vegetation appears thicker and plushier here than at Barrow. Continual summer rains should contribute to this. We each shot a clovisitcher on the way to the Lagoon plus 5 redbacked s. each. The ground was soft and muddy in spots - Holmes