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28 July Patmogaa River, 7mi SE Cape Sabine, Alaska
little trouble going downstream, getting
over most Bars by oly getty out of
boat. Wind came up from SE for
awhile and then shifted 180°
and hit me head on but not hard.
Trip uneventful except for find,
half a mammoth Tooth. About ¼
mile from tent Pete saw a fish
and soon we saw numbers of
them — Humpback Salmon!
We shot 2 which weighted about
6 pounds apiece. They are a
remarkable sight with their
brilliant colors and grotesque
hump and jaws. Why did they
come in this year and not last?
at the lower end of the Bars were
numerous wolf and wolverine tracks
made since we left. Our meat
cellar was open but my meat
taken, a shame since it was all
fly blown except the canned hams,
and the Canada bacon.
29 July Patmogaa River, Cape Sabine, Alaska
Pete went to mammoth den and 9 to the
mouth of the river. We had anolote
waves inside the mouth of the river so