August 14, 1896, Friday (continued) 
(which we did not then know of) and followed various deer paths 
as might happen to go towards the "face" but finally had to 
shape our course hy compass. About noon we had nearly reached 
the "face" and decided to return as we had no lunch with us. 
We bore more to the east in hopes of finding the regular trail. 
This we evidently did a little later and. re turned to camp in 
time to have dinner about 2.30 P. M. After dinner I stayed 
about camp as my left knee was lame. Later in. the P. M. we 
harnessed up the horses and drove towards Flagstaff for about 
three miles- stopped a few minutes at Hurricane Falls* 
August 15, 1896, Saturday 
Eair. Very wet with dew in early A. M. After breakfast I 
stayed about camp while the others went collecting along the 
intervale. In the P. M. I went across the intervale to Dead 
River but soon returned. 
August 16, 1896, Sunday 
Windy last evening and this morning. Very foggy in the valley 
this A. M. Had pickerel, fried sweet potatoes, irish potatoes, 
oatmeal, cocoa, etc., for breakfast. In A. M. the Fernalds 
and Professor Strong went to church and I stayed about camp. 
In P.M. we all hovered about camp. About 5.00 P. M. a very 
heavy shower accompanied by much wind passed over. We all had 
to take hold of the tent to prevent its blowing away- three of 
us outside and one inside. It came upon us so suddenly that 
we had no time to pick up a pile of driers and the last we saw 
of them they were sailing through the aiB one or two hundred 
feet above the ground in the direction of Dead River. We did 
not bother to chase them up. Rain fell most of the evening 
All of us were very wet below our rubber coats, and the tent was 
badly ripped in two or three places. 
