(cont.) The recent presence of muskrats was shown by freshly cut sections of tules floating in the water. The pieces were one half to two feet in [illegible], length. Some of the den entran- ces were located by the cut tules, which had been dragged into them. One trap was set upon a foundation of tules thus situated. No dens or "slides" were seen in exposed places upon the banks of the slough. I returned to camp and attended to my duties there. Feb. 4, 1934. The morning and part of the afternoon was spent skinning the beaver, brought in by Mr. Synder the previous day. In the afternoon Snyder brought in another beaver and a badger which he had caught. The beaver was caught in a trap set from a boat, and the badger in an unbaited trap at a den entrance. I skinned the badger, and then went to look at my muskrat traps. One female had been caught in a trap set at the foot of a "slide". The muskrat had drowned. None of the other traps had been disturbed. While near one of my traps at the edge of the slough, I heard a splash out in the tules. I watched the surface of the water in all