C. BEEBE 1956 TOURNA (SEPT. 10) SAN PEDRO, (R2 SOUTHERN HTS. BLVD.) 3904 FT. TRAIN CO., CALIF. (CONT.) FISH IN WATER. HIS HOUSE IS ON A HILL SLOPE WITH QUITE THICK BRUSH & TREES. FAMILY SAID CATS BROUGHT IN THESE ANIMALS FROM TIME TO TIME BUT DIDN'T KNOW IF THE CATS EVER ATE THEM. THE FROZEN ONE I GOT WAS VERY WHITE FOR A TIME THEN IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IT WAS LEFT FROZEN. I GIVE AN APPROXIMATE DATE OF SEPT 1ST, 1956 FOR THE TWO SPECIMENS. FROZEN ONE ACCESSIONED BY MVZ (Rec# ) MUMMY LEFT BY MYSELF. LOCATION IS 1/2 MI. S SAN PEDRO CITY HALL. (Office 6 mi. E FIREBOUGH) SEPT. 13 NEW COLUMBIA RANCH, MADERA CO., CALIFORNIA +14 LEFT BENDLEY ABOUT 1:00 PM. ARRIVED RANCH ABOUT 5:00 PM. GOT PERMISSION FROM MR MEYERS (FOREMAN?) TO TRAP. RANCH IS ABOUT 12,000(?) ACRES OF MIXED CROPS (ONIONS, COTTON ETC.) BOUND BY A SLOUGH & CANAL ON EAST & SOUTH SIDES. JOHN LAWRENCE & I SET 100 MUSK RAT TRAPS IN BIG POSTURE WITH A FEW GROUND SQUIRRELS & MANY VIXEN- RABBITS. GOT ONLY 2 PERMYSUS. MONOCHIRUS. TRAPS SET IN OPEN 30'-40' APART, A FEW OTHERS SPREADING. MOSQUITOS MADE SETTING TRAPS UNCOMFORTABLE. ANOTHER 100 TRAPS SET ABOUT 1 MI. SOUTHWEST OF RANCH (ON ANOTHER RANCH - BY MISTAKE) ALONG ROAD E