Field notes, v503
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Lee Arnold near Smith Creek Cave, White Pine Co, Nevada 1937 Itinerary June 3, Eutamias escaped before we could catch it, however. This morning we went through the Lehman Caves (just outside of Baker). They were very interesting inasmuch as I have never been in a cave of that type. We did not see any bats in the cave. This is probably due to the presence of people in the cave, the comparative recent opening of the cave, and the fact that bats of this region have many caves to choose from. From here we went to Baker for Johnson to get a line on where we could camp and where we could get horses if necessary. We arrived at our present camp site at about 2:30 P.M. Just as we were entering the canyon we saw a single Prong-horned Antelope. This mammal ran across in front of the car, up the side hill and across the desert. By the time we got out of the car and up the hill the antelope was over several hundred yards from us. When we appeared on the horizon the antelope stopped and looked at us. near Smith Creek Cave, 5,800 ft., Mt. Moriah, White Pine Co, Nevada. June 4 Yesterday after setting up camp I set out a line of 100 traps. These were in a direct line down the middle of the canyon from a spot directly north of camp. Our present