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Engels
1935.
Vicinity of Sacramento
Sacramento County, California.
Yolo Co., Calif.
May 8, 1935. Left Berkeley with C.R. Sprinkle at
10: o'clock this morning. First stop, for gophers, was
west 1 mi., south 1/2 mi., south of Elk Grove Crossroad, which
is 13 mi. south of Sacramento. In an alfalfa field here
I set out 1 trap. Workings were very hard to see
because they were hidden by the rank vegetation.
1/4 mi. north of Elk Grove Crossroad (12 3/4 mi. S.
Sacramento) I made another set on a bank by a
culvert. A third set put out 12 miles south of
Sacramento in a field by the road.
x' (orchard)
x
Upper Stockton Road
x
x
13 mi. S. Sacramento
cemetery
Fourth set made in roadside ditch about 1 mi. north of
last (about 11 mi. S Sacramento).
Sprinkle set out 6 traps to my four, in
approximately same localities.
We drove on into Sacramento & took U.S. Highway
99 W out of town (toward Davis). We looked for
signs of pocket gophers all along this road,
driving slowly, and getting out & walking twice,
up to the Yolo Causeway (Yolo County). We drove
to the west end of the causeway, and since the