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[[underlined]] July 6 [[/underlined]] Caught an Arvicola &  a lot of Hesperomes of 2 species. Made up skins & reset my traps. Dr. Fisher shot 2 Spermophilus of the grammurus kind and an Atalapha cinerea & caught more Hesperomes.

A pleasant day. The aneroids remain at 2750 feet

[[underlined]] July 7 [[/underlined]] Cool enough to need a coat in morning & I forgot to take it off all day. 

Dr. Fisher caught a Coon & a Skunk & a Spermophile & 2 Neotomas & 3 species of Hesperomys. I caught 13 Hesperomes of 2 species, one Arvicola, 2 Sorex. Shot a Badger & a Spermophile & a Rabbit. Shot the Badger on the run with my rifle & cut off both legs on one side. Killed a mess of young Quail about half grown - Set more traps, Catalogued 19 mammals today. Shot a Vesperugo in evening.

[[underlined]] July 8 [[/underlined]], Got nothing new - worked late & forgot to write journal. Wrote up my report.

[[underlined]] July 9 [[/underlined]], Dr Fisher caught a Urocyan. I caught Ochetodon & a Dipodops. Took up our traps and were going to leave but concluded to try one more night for Lynx and for more Dipodops. A cool day but windy. The wind blows up the valley nearly all the time.
  

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Reviewed. Made markup consistent with rest of the project & checked species names. Solved [[?]] -@siobhanleachman