E. M. Brock 1958 Journal August 1 Barrow, Alaska explain why the majority of lemmings being processed have broken leg bones. When I was processing the lemmings which had been picked up on the tundra after the Wainwright die-off, I assumed that the children picking up the lemmings were breaking the leg bones for want of something to do. I make a point of this because about 75% of the animals processed have had broken legs - either one leg, two, three or all four. But now I have been processing the lemmings caught in the Wainwright traps and collected by Murl Solomon, and still about 75% of the lemmings have a leg bone broken. Starting with catalogue number 1255 I am keeping a record of the leg bones broken (see catalogue). Checked traps in afternoon still no lemmings. Shot a bird which looked unfamiliar but turned out to be a knot in fall plumage. It was prepared as a study skin. Frank Dalbut went out to the shore with a hand net to scoop up some candlefish which were passing by very close to the shore in large schools. He claims they taste very good.