May 29. I mi S Melba Canyon Co Idaho. Collected traps at sunrise that had been set last night in the sage-rocky hillside mes groups. Caught 7 O'm. consciences + 5 Neotoma (Sp?). We put up skins until about 12:30 + then Bill went back across the river to hunt squirrels + Gopher. He got a couple prongus + one Censador. Howard + I went hunting for Marmots + O idahoensis in the hills + Butte just S of Camp. Howard got 6 squirrels + one medium sized Marmot with 16 ga. Shotgun + I got one large + small Marmot. Curied all night long + fun watching lightning bolts. Wing below gate. Neatoma (Sp?) - While looking for Marmots I found one of the mouse traps I set this morning. The trap was 8 ft. avay from where it had been set. I had an adult female Wood Rat in it + dead. The sat was at the entrance of its nest underneath a sock + one of the yng. was suckling the dead body; certainly a pathetic sight. Another one was near + squeeking + I could hear others in the nest in the socks. With difficulty + got