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[[underline]] July 28, 1934 cont [[/underline]] game. No rodents except marmots & camp & 1 chipmunk. Birds scarce. No poison nor sheep hearders to lay it on to. Think it is a clear case of over population & predatoring including bobcats. July 29, 1934 Slept in a drizzling rain all night. Up early in rain & started down. All packed except for leading horses when I left & hiked down hill. Saw another [[underline]] grouse [[/underline]] with [[underline]] 3 young.[[/underline]]. Couch & Holly had wild time with horses & didn't get to foot of hill for 1 1/2 hours after I did. One horse tender footed because of lost shoes. Other pack horse put on wild rodeo for them Ray Holley secured two [[underline]] Harlequin [[/underline]]ducks for me near Silverton on our return July 30, 1934 Left at 10 [[underline]] AM for Verlot where we secured car & on in to Portland at 11 [[underline]] 15 [[/underline]] PM. July 31, 1934 Conferred With Finley-Bud Davis- Frank Wise in office & wrote many letters in AM [[underline]] Aug 1, 1934 [[/underline]] In office all day. mail-telegrams & interviews with applicants for Chets job [[ underline]]Aug 2, 1934[[/underline]] About same as above only more so Aug 3, 1934 In office all day-getting in a little work on Savannah sparrows & Juncos with Jewett the first work in weeks on the Birds of Oregon. [[strikethrough]] arcy l [[/strikethrough]]