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[[underlined]] Dec. 28 [[/underlined]] Sunday.
Spent a quiet day by the side of Owens Lake.
+28[[degree]] at daylight, which is as cold as it has been here this winter according to Wilkinson, the Signal Service man.
[[underlined]] Dec. 29 [[/underlined]]
Nelson caught a lot of red backed Difodowes. I had no traps out. Wrote up the rest of my report & set traps.
Took the temperature of 2 springs at edge of lake that were 72[[degree]]. The springs are all about as warm.
Shovelers are numerous on the lake Nelson & I killed 12 close to camp. Dikeman worked peru[[guess]] above town down to camp.
30[[degree]] in morning. Snowed a good deal on the sierras but no storm in the valley.The wind blew in evening & the waves roar on the beach like the ocean.