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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] He went up through Lone Pine Creek gap to base of the Sierras to lower edge of Pinus monophylla. He found it at 1300 feet above town, by the anneroid. I can not get any altitudes from him till long after he had done the work & has worked up his notes. Am awfully in need of the barometer. Got a few plants & a big cactus. +25[[degree symbol]] in morning, cloudy & raw. Snowed on top of Sierras most of the day. got up to 45[[degree symbol]] at 3 P.M. Henry went home today. [[underlined]] Dec. 18. Caught [[/underlined]] 1 Thomomys, 1 Neosorex, 1 Ochetodon, some Hesperomes Californicus & H. eremicus & H sonoriensis, & a Dipodops. Took up my traps. Have two days work on hand now & things are spoiling. Killed a Lepus texianus. Worked at skins all of P.M. & in evening, Nelson took up his traps so as to catch up with the skinning & to set out our traps on new lines again. Cloudy & chilly all day, looks some like storming. +25[[degree symbol]] at daylight. Dikeman found Pinus monophylla at 3100 feet on west slope of Largo Mts.
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Reviewed. Fixed a typo.
H. eremicus = Hesperomys eremicus = cactus mouse see http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-118-01-0001.pdf -@siobhanleachman