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Lepus campestris & 2 Sage hens along the road. Saw lots of Spermophiles & a few Prairie Dogs. The north sides of hills are covered with snow & the weather is cold. grass has not grown much & [[strikethrough]] tree & [[/strikethrough]] popple & willow buds have hardly begun to swell.
Arrived at Beckmans ranch at 6 oclock.

May 6 At Beckmans Ranch near Bridger Pass. Hunted [[strikethrough]] half [[/strikethrough]] an hour before breakfast & a few minutes in evening. Worked on the specimens picked up along road the rest of the day. Wrote in evinng.
Ground froze in morning, a warm & pleasant day.

" [[Ditto for: May]] 7  A little frost in morning. Large beds of old snow lye on the north sides of hills & in gulches.
Clear & very warm most of day.
Finished up skins & killed a Woodchuck & 2 Spermophiles. set traps, & hunted - Spermophiles & Arctomys are numerous,

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popple same as poplar Reviewed -@siobhanleachman