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[[underlined]] Aug. 15 [[/underlined]], Caught a lot of Hesperomys leucopus, some Arvicolas & a Sorex & a Thomomys.  Set more traps.  The days work dont seem to amount to much.  

Clear and pleasant.

[[underlined]] Aug. 16 [[/underlined]] Sunday.  Nothing in the traps worth saving.  A pleasant day.  Caught a snake.

[[underlined]] Aug. 17 [[/underlined]], Caught a Spilogale and some more Hesperomes.  Saw a fresh Bear track in the trail.

Packed up and started for Whitney Meadows at 8 A.M. Turned off from Kern River and followed up Whitney Creek crossed it 6 time.  Crossed one side stream on a natural bridge of stone, a water deposite of lime.  Passed 3 volcano cones, a fine symetrical red one & black one, and a little brownish one.  The red cone is lowest down on Whitney Creek and a river of lava has flowed down the gulch 4 or 5 miles.  The black cone is a mile farther north where the South Fork of Kern River and Whitney Creek come close together.

The Aneroids read 6200 when we started from Kern River at Dicks Ranch.  At Whitney Meadows 9100 at 6 P.M.  The distance is called 15 miles.  It rained about half of the day we staid under trees awhile and took most of

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