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[[underlined]] Aug. 11 [[/underlined]]  - Rained all night & half the day, cold & raw - Staid in house most of day writing & working out some plants.  Took a tramp up in canyon in P.M. 

[[underlined]] Aug. 12 [[/underlined]] - Got up before daylight & went with 3 men & about 15 hounds for a hunt - Caught one Urocyon & nearly caught another, then lost half the dogs on a coyote trail - did some good running over rough country & got back at 10:30 for breakfast. 

Saw lots of Jack rabbits & cottontails & heard a blue quail-

[[underlined]] Aug. 13. [[/underlined]] - Took a horse and started for Mt. Livermore.  Went 3 miles east to the canyon leading back to base of Mtn. & followed up canyon to base of steep slope & left horse at 7000 feet.
 
Climbed the canyon side to north of peak & came out on top of main ridge at 8000 by aneroid, but probably 8500, then climbed over a rocky crest & followed up an easy gulch to [[strikethrough]] base [[/strikethrough]] main peak.  A horse could be ridden to 100 feet below peak over easy slopes

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I changed "waiting & working" to "writing & working" in 1st paragraph--thomasc