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and the pines are the trees which seem to suffer most here to [[too]] much weight must not be applied to these comparisons. 

I set out a few mouse traps baited with acorns and as the mist became thicker and soon turned into a steady rain I was obliged to come in and spend most of the day indoors.  In the afternoon I began to feel the symptoms of an attack of malarial fever.

Sept. 29
Am very sick all day with fever.  Manage to get out however and bring in all of the traps set yesterday except two [[strikethrough]] which [[//strikethrough]]