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[[underlined]] July 22 [[/underlined]] - Sent Sun Elk down to Amizett for mail & while he was gone explored the upper end of the canyon around the meadows above the lake.

In P.M. moved camp to falls at south end of lake. Rainy & cold part of day.

[[underlined]] July 23 [[/underlined]]. Sent Sun Elk & his cousin over ridge for Ptarmagin [[sic]]. They got one & saw 2 more. Made up skins, set traps, made plant list. Cold in morning, hard frost, cold rain after noon.

[[underlined]] July 24 [[/underlined]]. Sunday. Too cold & rainy to do much but try to keep warm.

[[underline]] July 25 [[/underline]]. Sent Sun Elk to Taos for gun & grub. We climbed to top of Wheeler peak & followed miles along crest of range in search of Ptarmigan without success. Got a fine set of plant notes with limits of range. Set a line of traps up to 12700 feet or 300 feet above extreme timberline.