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[[underlined]] Aug. 21 [[/underlined]] Worked on skins all of A.M. After noon went to my traps, got some Arvicola & a Neosorex & a Sorex & some Tamias.
Palmer came in evening.
Clear & pleasant.

[[underlined]] Aug. 22 [[/underlined]]. Caught some Arvicolae of both species, 2 Tamias [[strikethrough]] pm [[/strikethrough]] & a Neosorex and 2 Thomomes. Made up the skins & skins of yesterdays catch. Watched for Bats in evening but saw none. Wasted a lot of time going over accounts with Palmer.
Took up most of my traps. The country is so bare & sheep-eaten that few animals can live on it. 

[[underlined]] Aug. 23 [[/underlined]], Sunday, unusually warm.

[[underlined]] Aug. 24 [[/underlined]], Wrote on my notes, cleaned gun, loaded aux cartredges, packed specimens, then went hunting did not kill, or see any game but went over some new country.
Rained part of day, could not get at any good work.

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reviewed -@meg_shuler