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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.

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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.

Transcription Notes:
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.