Seattle, Oct. 5 Left Washington, to some area of wild land he has bought, some 14 miles from the University. Then he took up to Hotel Meany for dinner, where with Frank S. Hall, editor of the "Murrelet" we spent a very pleasant evening. Hall was let out of the Museum job he held for 22 years, and is now a free-lance -- till he can locate another post. Meanwhile, he is editing, and working up biographies of early western naturalists and explorers, Nuttall, Townsend, Cooper, et al. Hall thinks he sees an opening for a museum in Spokane. Oct 6 Left Seattle on 9 am Canadian Pacific boat for Victoria. The Sun is perfectly smooth; sky, as usual, overcast; but no rain -- scarce more than a sprinkle (in Portland since we left home). Air must be as if forest fires somewhere; fairly cool. Gulls follow boat to number of 1 to 2 hundred -- most in adult plumage (with mottled necks). I think I recognize California*, Ring-billed, Short-billed and