ELKadeturn 1955 Journal June 8 Horse Cornell Meadow, about 7600 ft. (4/15.8) Stop at Big Meadow to talk to people living there. Two middle-aged (?) ladies Madeleine Cochran (Col. '24) and Jera Chism (Col. '22, on entomology major then and now teaching grade school Twelve) informed me that in 20 years of hiking this back country they had not seen true Toads. They did know Ibexa and Bona dy common name. Big mdr. for Bona muscosa and Ibexa, according to their description. Continued up rugged we have road to San David Bar 7 Rock Station (4/25.9). Young poachers had no knowledge of beaver. They did say that this country has just been freed of snow in last few weeks. Car parked beyond Horse Cornell mdr. (4/27.8) Lodgepole pine, Jeffrey pine, red fir forest. Wet typical Cascadian zone meadows used for grazing stock. Buffalo louse todaydate taken. Also about a dozen young rainbow trout for our lunch supper. Weather continued clear and hot. Night collecting Horse Cornell Meadow yielded 4 adult toads, 3 Thornhills elegans and more Bona muscosa. Clear, still overcast evening. No toad calls, however. June 9 Clear, mild morning. We camped at site along Big Meadow Creek just W of Horse Gravel Meadow. Maximum-minimum thermometer registered a low of 410 F last night. After breakfast we hiked about 2½ miles NE to Summit Gravel Meadow, 8100 ft., a high Cascadian zone meadow near lookout Peak which sport overlooks Kings River Canyon. Botrichaega attenuata taken due (on altitude