Field notes, v1724
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C. ZIEGLER 1955 TRANSCRIBED) JOURNAL MAY 6 (CONT) SALAMANDER (SAN-SHO-UO) CAUGHT IN CASSION WITH MOST OF WATER EMPTIED OUT. (SUNK TO ENABLE DEEPENING OF KAMO RIVER AT SHICHINO STREET BRIDGE IN SHIMOGIYOKU, KYOTO CITY.) MY BOOK ON PACIFIC REPTILES SAYS THE SALAMANDERS (WHICH THE AUTHOR CALLS THAN-SALI - A NAME THAT NONE OF THE JAPANESE AROUND HERE KNOW) LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 1,300 & 3,000 FT. THIS SPECIMEN GIVEN TO KYOTO ZOO. THE PAPER ALSO TOLD OF A BADGER (MELES MELES?) CAUGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF KYOTO PREFECTURE & GIVEN TO THE ZOO. MAY 8 YAWATA SHRINE, KYOTO-FU, HONSHU, JAPAN. CLOUDY, WARM. CAMPED ON THE MOUNTAIN HERE LAST NIGHT NEAR THE SHRINE. SET OUT 15 MOUSE & 3 RAT TRAPS IN UNDERBRUSH ON WOODED HILLSIDE, TRAPS SET IN TWO GROUPS - THOSE IN ONE ABOUT 10' APART NEAR A STREAM & THOSE IN THE OTHER ABOUT 40' APART. 2 MICE CAUGHT & TWO OTHER TRAPS SPRUNG. BAIT GONE ON SOME DRUG STREAM. 198 ? (5 ears) ARDEMUS? 212-109-25-16(N) NURSING? 2 PAIR THORACIC, 2 PAIR INGUINAL MAMMAE. PARASITES FROM INSIDE EARS,