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200 yd. range. Go to river & see many shrimp, came in
high tide lay eggs, out low tide.

Aug. 5 - Watches set at 6:55 P.M. Sun trying to come out all day,
towards evening calm & cloudy. K & M get 1 log out of river
bottom 3/8 mi. mouth. Redwood C tells us he & M are soon
going to take trip around to Waring Point, suspects about
trip.

Aug. 6 - Up 5 P.M. Calm & overcast, soon began to blow & snow E.
snowed about 1 1/2 inches. About 2 A.M. snow turns to rain.
Nothing was attempted. C shot 1 fox early in the day
before we got up. I start #XXHC Read "Happy Boy" by
Bjornson, "Pepta (?) Jimmy" Pepita Jimenez, Vargas, "Skipper Worse,"
Keller. Sleep about 7 A.M.

Aug. 7 - Up at about 7 P.M., drizzle & fog.

Aug. 8 - Cleared up a bit, nothing more than the sawing of wood was
done. Bed about 10 A.M.

Aug. 9 - Up 12 Midnight, calm, clear. 8 A.M. M & I go W in dory
with intentions of sealing, ice broken so we bring back
wood. Hear walrus, see fish, loon, few eiders, harbor ice
all shot.

Aug. 10 - Left for the E. Skeleton River (see notebook).

Aug. 13 - Arrived at about 7:45 P.M. (see notebook).

Aug. 14 - Bet with Knight that President of U.S. gets a salary of
$75,000 a year plus travelling expenses of $25,000. $5. bet.
Weather fair with variable winds. All stayed in camp
to-day. The bear meat I boiled for breakfast & fried for
myself & Ada did not taste like the previous bear meat.
All had boiled meat, even K, & all agreed to taste. C
boiled some bear blubber which tasted good. About 10:30
P.M. the largest flock of geese white flew west, extimated
to have been upward to a thousand, smaller flocks followed
both B & W going west. K & I shoot at brant last flock we
heard around midnight. Calm when geese flew, noise could
be heard long ways before seen.

Aug. 15 - Up around noon, K prepared breakfast boiled bear.
Weather poor, alternating clear & fog; sun tried to come
out only a few times, did not stay long. Hauled the bear
into camp 150 or so yds. K goes gooseing, nothing.
Towards evening very thick fog. I try out bear blubber,
fills 50" lard can 2" from top. 1st time we used lantern
used candles several nights, not so dark if not for clouds.
Crawford breaks it out, tea from 4 to 6 a day. We use
about 1/2 teaspoon full of saccharine a day, more than is
necessary. Another watch spring breaks after running about
9 hrs. after mending same as I changed yesterday spring
from watch K threw away. C frys steaks in bear grease,
taste good for change. C & I have been dipping hard bread
in grease all day long and seen never to get filled. Geese
fly again about midnight, both B. & W.