Field notes, v1709
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Weston 1946. 33 Journal July 13 1 mi S Virginia Dale Mine, 1900' San Bernardino G, Calif. main road from our Dale Camp on July 11-12. Deciding to have a late supper we set out to collect for a while as well as set some traps. Dr. Miller and I both set out about 75 snap traps apiece. I set mine on the sandy soil, around bases of small 2+'high brushes, down along a dry wash. Back at camp we ate dinner about 7:45 p.m. One bat was seen flying about camp at dusk. from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. we three went over to some sandy soil by Virginia Dale mine to look for ground snakes. Lots of tracks were seen; No snakes however. Returning to camp we went to bed about 9:30 p.m. July 14 Up at 4:30 a.m. after spending a rather restless night, I ran my trapline. The moon is full now and the nights are quite brightly lit up. Out of 75 traps I caught 1 Dipodomys deserti and 2 Dipodomys merriami. Out of about the same number of traps set out in the floor of the valley to the SW of camp, Dr. Miller caught 10 Dipodomys merriami and 1 Perognathus longimembris. This latter gets kind species is the first, caught on this trip. Back at camp Dr. Miller tells me he found part of a mountain sheep or Desert Bighorn (Ovis canadensis) horn. They are [illegible]