24e-1933. S. side Thompson Canyon, 3900'; Kern Co., Calif. Walker Basin- Oct. 11, '33.' section better still make a map showing the main topographic features here. Today I also saw a grey squirrel which I didn't get a shot at. I saw no carnivore tracks or signs. I did see deer signs on the mountain to the north. I saw winter mole and gopher workings today from last winter. I also [illegible] something else which may help to explain the shortage of carnivores hereabouts. I saw a large fish skeleton wired to a fence. Has someone been trapping carnivores here lately? We do know there was a government trapper in here last year. We have found coyote, grey fox and bob cat skeletons lying around which look as though they may have been trapped by this same trapper. Last night we heard what we took to be a fox howling. Dr. Minnell, who has been with us since Sunday night (left at noon today), found an old brown bear skull with a bullet hole in it. By the way, Ray caught a large microtus in a trap yesterday afternoon - and I skinned it. We have not found shrew or grasshopper mice - so yet.