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[[underlined]] 53 Journal [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] April 15 [[/underlined]] - Sunday - Wrote reports and packed up part of my specimens.

[[underlined]] April 16 [[/underlined]] - Finished packing and my normal report.  Took stage for Opal at 3 P.M. and came as far as Birds ranch near Midway - 12 miles.  Ground drying off rapidly & roads good.  Snow on the north slopes only.  Lots of Citellus elegans out.  Shot 3 for the wolf pups, also shot a big white jack rabbit.

[[underlined]] April 17 [[/underlined]] - Reached La Barge at 9:30 but the trapper I wanted to see, Hal Gibbs, was 8 miles up the creek so I decided to lay over a day & try to get beaver castor from him.  Got a horse & started