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[[underlined]] Mill Creek [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] July 28 [[/underlined]]  Moved camp about 2 miles up the gulch & camped in a beautiful forest of Pines & firs & cedars near (just above) the Hot springs.  Altitude of camp 5000 feet.  Set traps & hunted.

[[underlined]] July 29. [[/underlines]]  Caught mostly Peromyscus, one Neosorex, got a Lagomys.  Made up skins & set more traps.

[[underlined]] July 30 [[/underlined]]  Caught a flying squirrel, a Neosorex, 2 sorex, Thomomys & Peromyscus.  Higginson caught a weasel. 
Broke camp & went down to main road at Morgans, then west over a high ridge & down to Martin Creek - a branch of Battle Creek & camped.  Came 6 miles from Morgan.

The top of high ridge is mainly Canadian Zone (5500 feet) with the big coned firs & Arctostaphylos nevadensis 
Most of the transition trees go over the summit. Battle Mountain is in transition zone below 5000 feet.