D. Strong 1925 Copy) /86 trout (salmo nelsoni) about three miles up the creek where we camped. A nice little stream, marked by cottonwoods, oaks, sycamores, willows etc. in great contrast to the barren dry ridges just above where short dry buysh and a few giant cactii bake in the sun. The valley is very hot, but cool in the evening, the moon now fuul makes it lovely. All went fishing -- I got a nice bunch of salmo nelsoni -- running from 9 1/2" to 5" -- good pan size, and fun to catch. Considering how desirable the stream environ- ment is, birds are very rare. Coon tracks are common along the creek. Amphibians -- frogs, toads, hyla; liz- ards, garter (water) snakes, turtles etc. The trout seem identical with all Rainbow trout I ever caught in Ore. Wash. or Calif. LA GRULLA STREAM (mule deer) June 7, 1925. Very hot. Rest of the party went up the creek to the falls which drop down from La Grulla. Man- uel and I went up on the ridges to hunt for a buck. We hunted all over the tops thru chapparal thickets, found many tracks and much sign. Finally caught a glimpse of a buck about 300 yds. below us, he ran out on a point and stopped. We waited for a sight of him perhaps 15 minutes, then two Calif. Jays began to cry, and Manuel got a glimpse of him. He fired and knocked him off his feet, he crawled off under a bush and we went to get