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[[underlined]] Marble Cave, Mo. [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] June 26 [[/underlined]] Sunday - Nothing in any of my traps.

[[underlined]] June 27 [[/underlined]] Caught one Neotoma, Had it cooked and it was very good. Not in any way unpleasant. None of my 40 traps in the cave sprung or the bait touched. Reset a few traps outside of cave & worked in the lone tunnel for awhile

[[underlined]] July 2 [[/underlined]] Havent caught much for several days. Have tramped over the ridges for long distances but mammals seem scarce. Caught one Sitomys but something ate it. Caught an old skunk yesterday near entrance to Marble Cave & caught 2 young at same hollow tree today - Have killed a few Squirrels & caught a few Neotomas. Nothing touches the traps in cave. Blackberries & blueberries are getting ripe and are quite plenty.

[[underlined]] July 4 [[/underlined]], Killed some squirrels & birds, Hunted most of the day. Went to the traps in cave but found nothing in them.

[[underlined]] July 8 [[/underlined]] Have all my things packed & 4 boxes of specimens ready to ship. Started for Galena with Will Powell. Stopped at hotel for the night, went to call on Dr. Jones & got some accurate measurements of the cave. He has surveyed it carefully

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