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Aug. 7 Set 46 traps. Caught 4 Arvicolas & 2 Spermophiles & 4 Tamias lalerolis.
made 5 skins.
Rained & hailed a 11 A.M.

" [[ditto for: Aug.]] 8 Cold in morning - 50 [[degree symbol]].
Went to traps & caught 13 Hesperomys & 3 Arvicolas & 3 Tamias laterolis, later in day caught 4 more Tamias & a Thomomys & a Spermophile, in all 25 mammals.
Made 18 mammal & 6 bird skins - all of us & skinned 5 more mammals.

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" [[ditto for: Aug.]] 9 Took a trip down to a crater butte about 7 miles north. Killed 2 Prairie Dogs & a Sciurus aberti
Showers all around all day, & [[insertion]] it [[/insertion]] rained hard & hailed in evining.

" [[ditto for: Aug.]] 10 Caught a few mammals. Made 14 mammal skins & 2 bird skins.
Only rained a little.

" [[ditto for: Aug.]] 11 Sunday.
Staid at camp all day.

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