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[[underlined]] To Tierra Amarillo [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] Sept. 9 & 10. [[/underlined]] Remained at camp, trapping & taking photos & writing reports. Caught 14 Microtus nanus in the big valley near camp. This is an addition to the New Mexico list of mammals.

[[underlined]] Sept. 11 [[/underlined]] - Started for Tierra Amarilla. Crossed summit of range 3 miles west of camp, then came down rapidly over very stony & bad road till we reached the first benches at the beaver pond - from there down the roads were less steep & stony but still bad till we reached the bottom of valley below the big cliffs where we began to travel rapidly over good roads & nearly level country. Camped near Ensenada about 3 miles before reaching Tierra Amarilla.

Aneroid at camp read 10000, on summit 10500, at beaver Pond where we lunched 9700, Upper edge of Transition zone on W. Slope 9100, camp 7700, Tierra Amarilla next morning 7650.

The north side of the Brazos