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in a rage kill two gulls & some snipe. K. & I have the same luck. 
___ :Thursday Sept 19 _____
Go very early, out and shoot at a flock of swans wounding one but not bringing him down. Stepanoff kills one, Ivan another. The rest have fair luck but go a long way for it. The birds are very shy & the lakes are full & there is no shelter to hide in. They see you from a long way off & leave before you can get close enough to shoot. Evening, go back to our first camp. Catch
some fish. See several Mahlamuts who camped by us last night.
___ Friday Sept 20 ________
Stepanoff & the rest go off to the lake again but have poor luck. Start in on their return for the mouth of the canal where we stay a

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