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Oct. 19. Cold. ground froze in morning. Went to traps after breakfast. Caught a Porcupine & shot a coyote & 3 Tamias pallidus. Got back at 1 P.M. & skinned till dark.

"[[ditto for: Oct.]] 20. Went to traps as soon as light & took them up. Caught a Neotoma & Hesperomys & shot a Lepus sylvaticus.

Came back & worked till noon skinning & stuffing skins of yesterdays work.

Went to town afternoon & got my auxilliary shot barrel & boxes for packing specimens. Got back at 3:30 & worked at Coyote skin & fat Porcupine till 10 P.M., then wrote. A cool, clear day, windy in evening.

"[[ditto for: Oct.]] 21. Sunday. clear & cold.
 
Read some, wrote letters, & talked with Ferd Stephens for about 2 hours. Gave him a skin of Arvicola for a pattern & some advice. He may make a naturalist yet. 

Had a Porcupine boiled for dinner.

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Reviewed. Added [[end page]] markup as requested in instructions. See blue "instructions" box at top right of this page. Edited Avieola to Arvicola -@siobhanleachman