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[[underlined]] Nov. 8 [[/underlined]]  Caught a lot of Hesperomes & Onychomys & one Perognathus fasciatus.  3 traps were gone, probably carried off by coyotes.  2 Coyotes followed me along the road & among my traps, kept about 15 or 20 rods away.  Did not have my gun along.
[[left margin note]] [[underlined]] Nov. 9 [[/underined]] [[/left margin note]] Started for Ogden at 3:30 P.M.  Had to wait till morning for train to Salt Lake. Got into Salt Lake before daylight.  Went to telegraph office & got a message.  The weather is warmer now but cloudy & threatens storm - probably is snowing in the Mts.  Concluded to give up the work at Provo & Nephi & go east.
Got my trunk to hotel, packed & sent specimens & packed my trunk for the trip.  Left Salt Lake at 10 P.M. on the D. & R.G.R.R.
A car got off the track & we laid 6 hours near Bingham Junction.

[[underlined]] Nov. 10 [[/underlined]] Began to get daylight at Mill Fork, were following up a creek in a deep gulch between high hills.  Junipers begin at Mill Creek and continue up to Clear Creek, where they mostly stop.  Artemisia tridentata & Tetradymia are common over the summit.

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