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June 15. Sunday. Windy & dusty & not very warm.

" [[Ditto for: June]] 16. Went up the Mt. Killed a few Chipmunks & things & got an Arvicola longicaudus
Found a Tamias in my Arctomys trap.
Reset my traps & set 19 for Neosorex in a brushy place along the creek.
A hard rain in evening has probably upset all of my traps & spoiled the best part of my days work.
Made up skins in P.M. & went down in the park below town. Did not find anything down there but Spermophiles They were numerous.
A cool day with a hard rain in evening.

" [[Ditto for: June]] 17 Went up the gulch gain. Inspite of rain caught 2 Hesperomes & 2 big footed Arvicolas & a Neosorex.
Shot 4 Tamias , one is a kind not found before - here. a larger quadrivittalis.
Saw an Arctomys go into a hole in the rocks & waited an hour & a quarter for him to come out but he did not.
Made up skins in P.M. - 10.
Clear & pleasant but windy.