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Wolves might find plenty of dry side hills through this region and in many places country rough enough for their dens.
Rabbit tracks are exceedingly numerous & I see some mink & weasel tracks on the snow.
As we approached the lake above toward Duluth the country becomes flat and swampy or marshy with alder & willow & [[?]] & aspens & scattered pines & spruces. There are no tall trees & mainly bushes.
To the west the long black range runs back of Duluth, [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] heavily patched with snow. The 2 inches of fresh snow here is mostly gone from south slopes.
Duluth at 12, not much snow or ice in sight - [[when?]] & sunshiny -