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Sierra Malinche.

This yard is partly surrounded by a tall staked fence & partly by the huts mentioned & sheds for poultry, horses, burros, dogs, etc. but the huts occupied by the people and used almost as much by the animals as the sheds. 

Camp at Rancho on Sierra Malinche. Apr 14. Went up early this morning to my mouse traps set yesterday. Got nothing from them excepting 2 Sorex. was somewhat disappointed at getting no Avicolas. The fog shut in & lifted a little earlier today

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Sierra Malinche.

than yesterday & this afternoon is much brighter & no rain has yet fallen but loose clouds are moving about & it may rain at any time. At one time this afternoon I saw the entire Sierra free of cloud. I found this morning that we rode yesterday without knowing it almost to the edge of the Canada de San Juan. it is however useless as trapping ground. I shot a large bat last night at the edge of the woods a few rods above the Rancho. The birds as well as most other things are about