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suddenly knee deep in a concealed hole and nowhere is any good firm foothold to be found but one goes stumbling, slipping and staggering along and when tired ones progress resembled that of a drunken man on a pavement and ones joints fairly cry out to have relief from the trying work.  After practice however one can stand considerable of this.  The natives will go scrambling about all day without fatigue to speak of.  Numerous parties of Sandhill Cranes were seen during the day all coming from the Anvik R. and all high overhead.  Several parties of geese were seen coming from the same direction.

We found that the two hills are old broken downcraters as follows - the bottom [[image]] of the pit being about on a level with the base of hill (300 ft.) and opening to the eastward - the top of the hills were covered with scoriae of which the hills were evidently composed.  The sides were so steep that a large piece of Scoria set rolling would go leaping down to the bottom of the hill either in- or out-side the rim.  We found Arctic willows on the extreme summit which had the tips of their stems about 3 inches long of new growth and the catkin buds just