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[[left page blank]] [[end page]] [[start page]] Dec. 14. Went from within 6 miles of Marysville to 4 miles of Circleville - about 25 miles. Snowed about an inch in night & was cloudy & squally most of day, cleared up in P.M. Had to cross a range of Mts. before reaching Marysville. Some scrub oak & Rhus a. trilobata on lower Mts., the first oak seen since leaving Manti. Red Cedar & Pinus edulis cover the hills to where Spruce begins. Followed the Severe Valley from Marysville. It is generally 3 or 4 miles wide, in the middle grassy & wet & springy, some brush along river. Farms numerous. Thomomys hills numerous all along valley on grassy land. Some birds seen. Greese brush in lower part of valley, Sagebrush - A. tridentata - in higher part. Traveled till after dark & could set no traps.
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I changed "Thomomys hills" to "Thomomys kills" near bottom of page.--thomasc
changed back to "hills;" this is a common reference in Vernon's notes. He may not always see the gophers, but he writes down evidence of their tunneling behavior -@meg_shuler
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