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[[underlined]] May 9. [[/underlined]] Went to Naples and got big iron stakes and twisted them for bear and panther traps, got swivels and reset traps

[[underlined]] May 10, [[/underlined]] caught only a coon

[[underlined]] May 11, [[/underlined]] Caught 2 coons near camp, in no 2 and one in no. 3 trap.
Chapman photographed them on top of Slash pine.
Rained hard, the first rain this spring and much needed to put out fires and give fresh water to the fish and alligators which are dying.