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[[underlined]]Sept.26[[/underlined]]. It rained hard in night and as we are in a gumbo valley the roads are bad, so remained in camp, setting wolf & other traps. Caught Peromyscus, Onychomys, Thomomys, but the rain spoiled my nights trapping.

Found wolf sign made up of cattle hair in Neotoma house and heard Coyotes howl all around. Saw Lepus texensis & arizonae & heard Eutamias. Shot a solitary sandpiper.

[[underlined]]Sept.27[[/underlined]]. Caught Neotoma & Onychomys & Thomomys but no Dipodomys spectabilis  or Perodipus or Perognathus, all of which are common. Shot a Bubo [[space]] in night. Made up skins and did not move camp till after noon. Then followed up the valley some 6 or 8 miles with very gentle slope to a ranch and about 4 miles beyond to a reservoir near the head of this draw and camped. Aneroid on starting read 7200, at night at reservoir camp 7700. Followed open valley all the way with juniper & nut pine