Field notes, v1724
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6.21000ER 1956 JOURNAL APRIS (CONT) POINT ISABEL, CAMERON CASTA CO, FLORIDA, BURIED LIKE THIS FIRST TIME BUT HIGHER & NEAR ROAD DID NOT FILL UP BUT WAS STILL EMPTY HAD HOPES TO CATCH STRAWS IN THEM - THEY WERE BOTH BURIED IN RUNWAYS. ONLY MUS. SPEER TRAPS WERE STILL BAITED WITH WALNUTS FROM LAST WEEK & I DROPPED A LITTLE SARDINE OIL FROM THE CAN ONTO GREEN THREADS GIVING A GOOD FISH SMELL (I HOPE) TO BAIT WITH OUT HAVING TO ACCES BAIT EVERY ONE WITH SARDINE. THE [illegible] BOTTLE-BURYING HOLE WAS ABOUT 10-12 INCHES DEEP & SHOWED WATER ABOUT 8 OR 10 INCHES DOWN. THE HIGHER PARTS OF DYKES & KNOLLS IN THE MARSH ARE ONLY ABOUT 3 FT A FEET ABOVE THIS. HIGH TIDE MARK IS ABOUT 2 FOOT ABOVE THIS, THEREFORE BURNERS IN DYKES, EVEN IN TIME OF NORMAL TIDES, CANNOT BE OVER 2 FT DEEP TO PREVENT WATER ESCAPE INTO THEM. All MY TRAPPING IS BEING DONE ON THE N SIDE OF THE SPORTSMEN'S CLUB ROAD LEADING FROM BAY- SHORE HIGHWAY OUT ONTO POINT, ON THE S. SIDE OF THIS ROAD THE MUD FLATS BEYOND AN ORIGINALLY SOFT.