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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underline]] Marble Cave, Mo. [[/underline]] Took some dirt out of the Animal Passage but the dust choked us badly. we had no cloth or sponge for our faces. Saw 2 wild turkeys near the cave but too far away for a shot. Shot at a few [[strikethrough]] bl [[/strikethrough]] bats in evening but did not get any. Clear & warm, a shower in afternoon. [[underlined]] June 22 [[/underlined]] Borrowed 3 traps of the Powell boys and set. Hunted some and wrote up some back report. Can not do much till my trunk comes. [[underlined]] June 23 [[/underlined]] Caught an Opossum in a trap and the dogs found a large Woodchuck. Hunted and looked up a lot of plants. [[underlined]] June 24 [[/underlined]] Killed a Tamias and a Gray & a Fox squirrel. My trunk came in P.M. & I set out some traps. Rained hard, was out and got wet. [[underlined]] June 25. [[/underlined]] Caught a Neotoma. Set 40 traps in the cave & helped get out dirt and bones from the animal passage. Put up the skins of specimens taken before my trunk came.
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