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mabonne
12.
Tunnel
Mar. 24
1954 Anna River Valley Bottom, 1 mi N. of Muss, elev.
3000 ft. Nepal (See Mar 23). One mouse
55 (W.W.D. 55) is caught from a line of 15 mus.
spec. traps set along a small tributary stream.
The site is mostly rocky (stream bed) with
some low bushes & occasional grass & forb patch.
Another line was set in a talus gully from
the stream to 200 ft. above! 6 rat, too 2 mus. spec.
56 traps). A "rat" is caught in a small trap, the
rest 1/2 highest set. The large angular talus
(granitic) blocks are up to 3 ft. down in size,
and a few low forbs are growing here.
The 3rd line of 13 mus. spec. traps are
along another small stream in a damp, shady!
(W.W.D. 57)
gulch. A large chew is taken from a trap
set at the rocky margin of the stream. #602
There is much moss & some grass & forbs
growing about the rocks.
58
A luid (W.W.D. 58), some sp. as W.W.D. 57
is shot from its perch on an 8 ft. stream
boulder. # Time 7:00 A.M..
Rain commences 11:30 A.M., continues on
through afternoon. Estimate .10-.15" fell during
this period.
Trap lines are checked & left overnight again,
but nothing is caught (total 36 traps) by morning.