brushly as some of the gardenin wreathes in the Ruise Valley. There is lupine (blooming) about 500 to 1000 ft above here. Skunks squaled on reed at 9800 ft. Evening calm and clear, moon 4/5 full x 2 a.m. E Thera[so]/8000 ft., (Ruise Valley), [D][F]t Hwara[rdia] July 7 (Sat/Sun) my traps line through bruchard cortex, mostly along stone walls, 32 Sherman baited with corn, 7 mouse snares later with rolled oats. Morning clear calm. Small traps caught 2 ph migrister and [illegible] (larva); live traps caught 2 ph. larvii. Bad mouse footprints in dust along road; a big species and a small one. Skining all day. Sunny and warm at 5 set out 32 Sherman and MS, all baited with rolled oats. Much of the line duplicated last nights, few some new ones along the road return wall, almost full moon. Checked some of my traps at 8:30 pm, 2 small Phyllotis, one big Phyllotis by ear still alive, and another big Phyllotis dead and browseater. Debarked this trap with grain and at 9:15 caught a marimosa. Prepared chromosomes of marimosa by culture. July 8 Night clear calm. Minium 40°. Traps this morning held no more than last night, total: 3 small Phyllotis (misrop), 2 large Phyllotis (both crop), and 1 marimosa. No dew. at 1:30 a.m temp. was 72° and wet bulb depression 24°(8000ft). at 5 pm set 28 Sherman and +18 MS (rolled oats) along stone walls at and near a cemetery near camp.