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Dec. 19. Mercury 25+ in morning. From Glendale followed down cañon about 5 miles & then climbed the range of mountains till sundown. crossed the summit & camped in cañon by 3 little lakes about 4 miles down the other side. Roads bad, muddy in cañon sandy on mountains. Found a, to me, new Tamias ^ [[insertion]] Ammospermophilus leucurus [[/insertion]] like lateralis but smaller. got 3 & saw 5 more. saw lots of their tracks on mountains. Saw several species of plants not seen before, - 3 new cacti. Pinus edutis & cedar abundant on mts. Populus angustifolia & brush in cañons, scrub oak most of way. " [[Ditto for: Dec.]] 20. Had to hunt the horses in morning & didn't get to Kanab [[insertion]] Utah [[/insertion]] till noon. Camped in valley by creek below town & set some traps. Wrote from P.O. Killed another [[strikethrough]] Tamias L. minor. [[/strikethrough]] Ammospermophilus & found that they are called Dixy Chipmunks. Warm & no snow in valley. Dipodomys holes numerous. [[end page]] [[start page]] Dec. 21. Caught 2 Thomomys & 2 Dipodomys. set more traps. skinned things. not cold. cloudy. rain in evening. " [[Ditto for: Dec.]] 22. Caught 2 Onychomys & a Neotoma with round tail & some Hesperomys & & Thomomys & Dipodomys. Skinned things. Rained by spells all night & day & snowed in evening, not cold. " [[Ditto for: Dec.]] 23. Snowed all day, but melted about as fast as it fell. " [[Ditto for: Dec.]] 24. Snowed in night & morning. cloudy rest of day. Wrote on reports all day & till late in evening. " [[Ditto for: Dec.]] 25. Packed some skins to send by mail packed up our things & started for St. George. Left Kanab at noon, went about 10 miles. roads fearfully muddy. killed a Tamias.
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jeni92127 (20 Aug 17) reviewed
After 23 (for Dec. 23), transcriber forgot to write "Sunday."
FYI, ca�n is the Spanish and archaic British English spelling of canyon.