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June  , off south with a mail carrier. Talked with him about the country & decided to go to his place - Kennedy P.O. in Clark Co., about 40 miles S. of Valentine, Neb. Rode all day through the sand hills, saw a few ponds & some wooded ravines, killed a Prairie Dog.

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" [[Ditto for: June]] 10. Sunday.
Helped organize a Sunday school.
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" [[Ditto for: June]] 11. Got up early, loaded up & started to work, set out a lot of traps, caught one A. austerus, got a Chicetodypus - flavus, & an Onychomys from an old well, killed some birds, killed two Skunks that came out from under the house, & on the whole consider it a good days work for the first,  Prepared all of the specimens & a Prairie Dog caught yesterday.
Hope to get a Dipodomys tomorrow.

Transcription Notes:
Chicetodypus likely = Chaetodipus