Tom Larson 5. July 11 Port Nolloth, Namaqualand, S. Africa Caught one gerbil, No. 1238♀ and two Stomp Nos. 1239♀ and 1240♂. One Stomp was sitting dead in his hole. I think I hit him yesterday both bush shot and he came out of the ground to die. Reset my traps further back in the field. Set out numerous thin wire snares in the Stomp holes to see if I would have any luck. Noticed that the Stomps inhabit or use the piles that are in the live bush. All old brush or stick piles in dead bushes seem to be uninhabited. These piles have tunnels running all the way to the top. The tunnel floors are covered with the dung of the rodents inhabiting them. Saw two moles running parallel in the sand. Traced it about one-hundred feet to find it to be a branch of a succulent plant dragged by an Stomp. They bit off a branch and dragged back to their burrow. They eat at the entrances. Saw Old Van Krever and his son. Took his photograph and gave his son Harry the use of my 12-shot gun and hunting lamp for tonight. Old Van had four mierkates and two Namaqualand Moles for me. Nos. 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246. July 12 The wire snares did not prove successful as they were either pushed aside by the bush Stomps or evaded. I caught a gerbil, four elephant shrews, and Van Krever caught two Namaqualand Sand moles. The Black-eared Elephant Shrew is very active in the early morning, darting from bush to bush and into the brush piles. The Gerbil is active only in the night.