which '35 43 Put up the two skins, I went hunting in the same clearing until 1:30. After lunch we went to the S. Ridge [illegible]. Noward hunted squirrels + I hunted Marmots. He climbed the peak + went towards the tules on the ridge. Marmot - Signal were seen on the tule. Seemed unusually large + light colored. Also they seemed the wisest I have ever seen. Then binocularly they could always be seen on the summit of a knoll where their vision was unbroken for 360° for 100 yds or more to miles across huge valleys. Thors + on the tule were all warned by 3 sentinels on the top so no approach was made. Shooting range just couldn't be obtained + or to hate against wind at 60yds was futile. Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel - Two were seen on the summit of the ridge. They differed from the Mleson type in having a lighter gold on the head + the stripes on the back hardly distinctive (also smaller in size) - may have been young. Were seen running about in the sage mixed with rocks + cacti - No trees present! White-tailed Jack Rabbit - When coming back from the ridge in twilight we saw a large one in