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Jan.30 Caught only 3 Dipodomys. Went about 10 miles & reached Stones Ferry at noon.

Camped & set traps & wrote.

Cold & frosty in morning.

A hot day.

No new specimens.

Have reached the Colorado at last. have crossed the Virgin just 40 times.

"[[ditto for Jan.]] 31 H. Keays caught an Onychomys & 3 Dipodomys, one big one.

Got out early & packed up & crossed the Colorado R. in a rowed ferry. Followed down the river 3 miles & turned of & followed up a smooth, gravelly wash. Found no place fit to camp at river & no country different from that at mouth of Virgin on N. side. Followed up wash all day with desert surroundings & desert life. Camped about 20 miles from river.

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