Foh PEARSON 1948 Aug 28 - Saw no tracks in the dusty road from Pearson's Harbor to Ranch (about 3 miles), although there were small boy or sheep tracks in several places. Ranch manager says collected here "about 10 yrs ago" and caught "lots of foxes" but that there are very few now because of disease. He has seen one recently. Another man (the milker) has been on the ranch only a few months and has seen none. Aug 29 - Made 6 fox sets along pig-sheep trails, in gullies, and along pebble beach. All baited up high with carcasses. Not much sign of foxes except small footprints in the dust at the flat mouth of the stream-bed at Pearson's Harbor Aug 31 - Two in steel traps, both on storm beach (one in same trap as skunk last night.) Both females, both surprisingly small and delicate. U.S. looks adult, however, and boat station says the big males are little larger. Head one bark "just at daybreak, sounds very much like silver fox" (an irishold yelp). Urine smell also very similar to silver fox. Mother had any vertebrate remains in stomach - just fruits and anthophols (+ grass + cotton), (conorostaphylis + magnolia series) Sept. 1 - Another when in steel trap near mouth of "river" at Pearson's Harbor. In good flesh but even smaller than yesterday. Mouse hairs in stomach, but maybe lost. Sept 2 - One of the fruits in the fox droppings is possibly a red-bane Phatimus. The stems of this Phatimus were seen in a shrub stomach too [Conorostaphylis diversifolia]