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Journal
P. 22
July 15 (cont.)
Vallecito Stage Station, San Diego Co., Calif.
valley between the mtn. ranges. He said
he hadn't seen any for 4 or 5 years. However
Al Beck said he had noticed what he thought
to be scat and tracks where we had
set traps, 1/2 miles east of the stage station,
here the valley is the narrowest and according
to Benoit it is a regular crossing.
Other mammals seen commonly while
we were here included jack rabbits, cottontails
and antelope ground squirrels.
Also Benoit mentioned that the man who owns
the Crawford Ranch is a terrible recently about
trespassing. If someone wanted to trap in there per-
mision might be secured ahead of time by writing
Mr. Robt. Crawford, Agua Caliente Springs Rural Station,
Julien, Calif.
July 16.
Vallecito to Texas Mines, Imperial Co., Calif.
Up at about 6:45 AM to check traps. I had two
Reithrodontomys and one Microtus in the grass at the
Stage station, one Dipus, one Perognathus, and one
Peromyscus cremicus from 1/2 mile east, 2 Dipus,
5 Perognathus (sp.? ) and 1 Perognathus spinatus
from the stage station and one Neotoma from the
same place as previously, and 4 Dipus (2 discarded)
and Perognathus from Mason Valley.
About 1 P.M. we left Vallecito. We drove south to