on its way to Cape Thompson. We stayed in till lunch time, which gave Paul and I to talk over the situation at Cape Thompson and Barron at Meade River. In the afternoon we linked to the River S. of Camp to the dunes across the narrow part of the Oxbow [illegible] and then proceeded E. along the shore, collecting flowers as we went. We found many new flowers, a.o. a Gentiana propinqua. The river was very shallow there with many sand flats and flats of a reddish brown shale like material. There were many caribou tracks along the river bank and we saw a couple of Citellus pennxi. We continued along the shore and the dunes till we were about halfway around the Oxbow and then we cut inland along the E. side of the two long lakes with run + N.S. Along the biggest lake, we found a 3 year old bull left behind after the big hunt. The gulls and jaspers had pecked out the eyes and had started in at the anus. The bones around the pelvic region and the upper end of the femur were cleared of meat. The rest of the hide was untouched. This caribou, as all caribou seem to do when they are not instantly killed, walk to a lake shore to die. Aug. A windy, partly sunny day. I stayed in most of the day, in vain waiting for the plane which never came. What a waste of time! I collected a few plants of Poa alpigena var. alpigena (the one that forms seed) and P. a. var. vivipara (the one that forms small plants instead of seeds). Apparently several arctic grasses do this. Also collected Byrdia grandiflora. Just before supper Jim and I went down river by boat to check the