Murray 1948 Journal July 4 10 mi SE Mesquital, 400 ft., Baja Calif. On 7 Schuyler's, caught 23, 24 Neotoma lepidu, and 1 discarded. These traps were rather widely separated which may explain the improved catch. There has been some indication that rats control several houses, for I can't remember catching 2 close together when traps were by adjoining houses. Set 4 gopher traps in one area of somewhat softer gravel where there were many fairly fresh mounds. One of the traps was on the bank by the wash. again found it exceedingly hard to find holes because they were often plugged the whole distance between mounds, sometimes a matter of several feet. Finally saw one very wary Citellus leucurus, on the bank by wash. There are a few young and tiny Urosaurus microcatus, apparently not long hatched. Today we ordered some supplies from El Arco as we are running low. Waited 3 days for a car going south so we could do so. The traffic is quite irregular; some days there are three or four cars and trucks, others none. Put out 50 live traps, 30 of them on the