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Our aneroid registered about 6.000 at the outlet of the Lake and the gentleman at the ranch where we left our load said that that was the correct altitude as he had formerly used a barometer and had taken readings there often.

August 6.
Climbed to the top of the peak above the Lake to ascertain what animals lived there. Saw nothing of particular note in the way of mammals. Got a few specimens. of Birds and set out. all my traps. [[underlined]] Aneroid [[/underlined]] out of order Pinus albicallis grows abundantly on the summit of the Mts - Douglas spruce, a species of fir. Hemlock and [[strikethrough]] Pinus monticola? [[/strikethrough]] found in considerable abundance.

Aug 7. Took up our traps and got quite a number of desirable specimens. Left the Lake quite early and reached our camp at Pengra in time to finish up our specimens.

Aug 8. Left our camp in the morning and travelled on through the pine woods to Little Meadows, where we camped early and put out a few traps.

Transcription Notes:
jeni92127 reviewed 24 Sep 2017; agree with transcriber assessment of albicalis "Pinus albicallis" is probably Pinus albicaulis but transcribed as written.