and I took 50 no 1 Schuyler traps and ten gopher traps and walked across the hills toward a grassy place where we were told Cotton Rats had previously been trapped. We walked 1 1/2 hrs, mostly uphill, finding the place about 4 mi. S of Emery Peak. We set all but about 1/2 of the gopher traps and started for camp. Dust had fallen and a 3/4 moon was shining by the time we were half way back to camp. About this time Benson, who was in the lead, saw a Hog-nosed Shunk in the path a few feet ahead. We threw rocks at it and chased it about 50 yds down a little gully, where Benson bagged it with rocks. Benson carried the animal to camp, taking the lead. Margo and I followed at a considerable distance behind. At about 10 30 PM I set out 50 small wooden mouse traps on a rocky SW facing slope with a scant covering of mesquite, juniper, cactus, small species of yucca, nut pine, and other brush, and a little dried grass. March 20 Picked up my 50 small traps which I set last evening, at about sunup. Got one immature Peromyscus boylii. After breakfast left to pick up the cotton rat and gopher traps set last night. I stayed in camp and skinned my mouse and the shunk caught last night. The shunk had considerable scent on his (or probably young) fur, but after I skinned for a while the odor became not at all unpleasant. This job took me all morning as it was the first large animal I had