General Notes 1938 Nov. 13 7mi. W and 3 mi. S Placeville, 1400 ft., Eldorado Co., Calif. Half the town is owned and run by "Charlie" a huge simple fellow who exclaimed "What!" when told we were hunting mic. Told us there were a lot of rats with "white rings around their neck" on the Patriot Road. We hope he meant kangaroo rats. Nov. 14 Bitterly cold last night, very heavy frost (no hoar frost). Picked up traps. Some 20 odd were sprung. Catch very poor. Can only account for it because of the cold. Set several micratus sets and got none in them. Caught the micratus of the catalog in a Reithro. set. I think upper hill slopes seem very good for Tunesi. Went N along the road searching for more Dipodomys country. Dale caught two last night on barren rocky soil with very sparse grass, not grazed over barrens. Got as far as Weber Creek on the Coloma Road. Country there is more rugged and hilly with dense chaparral. Visited Williamson's museum. I think kangaroo rats reported by Grinnell in 1929 (Jan. 1) are still there. Williamson expects to trap again this winter and will send us the mic he gets so he says without immolument. Catches his mic in Fox and Coyote settings of steel traps. Museum is in a mess, includes indian relics, eagles shells, fish and game etc. Returned to camp