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[[underlined]] Ross' Hole, at Sula. [/underlined]] Ovis cervina, old skull seen in meadow Odocoileus hemionus, Com. Seincus fremonti, " [[ditto for Com.]] Eutamias ? said to be different from luteovintris Callospermophilus canescens? holes seen, dammed up. Citellis columbianus?, damned up, holes abundant. Arctornys flaviventes, Common on rocks. 1 heard. Neotona ordistes, Com. In barn & rocks & drift, steal eggs. Fiber zibethieus, Com. along creeks. Microtus nordax, " " [[ditto for Com. along creeks]] " [[ditto for Microtus]] vacuus? " [[ditto for Com.]] in meadows Erotomys, Signs seen under logs Thmomys fuscus, Com. Lepus bairdi "[[ditto for Com.]] in meadows . " [[ditto for Lepus]] campestris, used to be a few, none now. Lynx Canadensis, a few caught. Vulpes p. macrourus, red & silver foxes taken. Canis latrans? Coyotes com. & big. "[[ditto for Canis]] occidentatis, none now. A black wolf 10 years ago. Mustela americana canina. A few taken " [[ditto for Mustela]] pennanti, a few Gulo luscus, " [[ditto for a few]] Lutra canadensis, " [[ditto for a few]] Lutrola vison, Com. Ursus horribilis, Some " [[ditto for Ursus]] americanus " [[ditto for Some.]] {13 taken in valley last spring.} Taxidia Americana, Common, many holes. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] To Sula. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Sept.1, [[/underlined]] Continued up the river to Ross' Hole at Sula, a big open meadow valley where Camp Creek joins East Fork. Came only about 18 miles and camped at noon because it rained steadily nearly all day & there was no use travelling. Nothing to be seen & cold & disagreeable. The valley is narrow and in places canyon like, with steep walls and much timber until we came to Ross' Hole where a valley 2 or 3 miles wide is entered by creeks and canyons on all sides. Low mesas with open yellowpine & douglas spruce forest border the valley on the north & east, but steep Canadian zone slopes rise on the west & south. The river cuts out thro a deep canyon & there are traces of old lake or glacier terraces around the valley 100 to 200 feet above the bottom. The bottom and cold slopes are Canadian zone, tho only 4[[strikethruogh]] 4 [[/strikethrough]]500 feet. The warm slopes are Transition. There is good grass but no sagebrush, lots of Chrysothamns tortifolia, Artemisia frigida, Balsamorshiza sagittifolia, over the yellowpine slopes. [[end page]]