Murray 1949 Journal Aug 8 Berkeley to Humboldt Co. Left at 6 AM for a five week trip to Humboldt and Trinity Cos., with Dr. Miller, Dr. Pearson, Gordon Gullion and Howard Cogswell. Have Dodge truck and a new Chevrolet car. Aug 8 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. Made camp in evening on property of Hammond Sumler Co., near the shore of the lagoon. Maple Creek passes about 75 yards away. The area offers a mixture of vegetation. The stream banks are lined with willows and alders. Much of the area near the stream is solid thicket of salmon berry, thimbleberry, blackberry and vinebark. These also grow in scattered patches or strips, often along a fallen log, in extensive grassy meadows, Numerous fallen logs and dead trees show that this area once was at least somewhat forested. To the north are dense woods of alder and scattered spruce, with a well shaded undergrowth of wet chaparral with ferns. Set out 45 museum special traps. Line ran along the edge of salmonberry, thimble- berry and blackberry thickets, then