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[[underlined]] Ross' Hole, at Sula.
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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.

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[[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.
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