Palmer 1937 Itinerary Jan 5. Ontario to Newport Beach - This afternoon went down again (I had previously been down Dec. 26) to see if Mr. F. H. Crocker had located where a small whale had been buried. That washed in last summer. By means of photographs we located as nearly as possible where the whale had been buried. However, recent storms had washed out the beach so that it is probable that the whale washed out too. How- ever, I intend to go back in a few days and dig to see if it might still be there. Jan 6 This afternoon drove down to Elsinore Set Macabee gopher traps in fresh burrows in a field 3 mi. NW Elsinore 1350 ft. Riverside Co., Calif. There I made 12 sets for gophers in soil that varied from reddish clayey type to heavy black type. The field was covered with Erodium with some old arrowweed stalks and clips of foxtail grass on the hummocks. All the lower parts of the field were flooded and the burrows full of water. The