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[[underlined]] July 28 [[/underlined]] We caught 10 Perognathus, some Sitomys, Loring got a skink & 2 Neotomas. Started at 9 A.M. & reached Montpelier at noon. Got some supplies and then turned east up Montpelier Creek and camped about 10 miles from Montpelier, Aneroid read 6100 [[insertion]] 5950 [[/insertion]] at Montpelier at camp 6750 [[insertion]] 6600 [[/insertion]]

At 6500 Betula occidentalis & Populus angustifolius stopped and Populus tremuloides & Pseudotsuga & Pinus flexilis began. in the canon.

Easy grade and not much canon up the creek. Most of the timber has been cut. Willows and little meadows along the stream. Trout in it but we got but one.
Found arvicola signs up on side of Mts. and set a lot of traps. Made up skins in evening till 11.