Viewing page 24 of 67

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

[[blank page]]
[[end page]]
[[start page]]

[[underlined]] Natchez & Washington, Mass. [[/underlined]] 

[[underlined]] May 19 [[/underlined]] Arrived at Natches at 4 A.M. and most froze before the sun rose. Got a team to take me out to Washington which is 6 miles S.E. of Natches.

The country is beautiful, hilly and fine trees of Pine & Juniper & deciduous trees. Good fields of cotton & corn. 

Found Coleman at Washington. He had just caught 2 Sitomys, a Neotoma, & a Blarina exilipes. Set traps & shot bats in evening.

Cold morning, pleasant day.

[[underlined]] May 20 [[/underlined]] Caught a Sitomys and shot a Lepus sylvaticus & Fox Squireel. Coleman got 2 Sitomys and a Tamias and some birds.

Shot a Vesperugo in evening, but is cold and cloudy & not many bats appeared. began to rain in evening and is cold. 

[[underlined]] May 21 [[/underlined]] I caught nothing in my traps. 

Shot a Sciuropterus & a Megascops.
Coleman caught a Neotoma & 4 Sitomys & shot an Egrett. We each shot a little Vespertillio in evening.

A clear day and very cool.

Transcription Notes:
Reviewed. Had to add in two full stops. -@siobhanleachman