General Account 1938-1939
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on fell and an open fire in the center of the other. It is really a very comfortable sitting and lounging spot in spite of the smoke. We also put a small candle in the thermometer Breeze is going to keep temperature records. The afternoon I set at 50 net traps and 2 steel traps. These fine runs went west from camp, across a little gully, up to the ridge and south up the ridge for a short distance and then into another gully and onto the ridge. For the fine run below the remaining 20+ traps set along the lake edge. These traps set along the first portion of the line (31+ traps) are in remnants or at the entrance of clumps in the brambly sphagnum clumps and thickets. The degree of moisture depending on the slope and drainage, the traps being set in sphagnum of different degrees of saturation. The traps along the head near or with lake edge are set in grassy swamps or surrounding mossy thickets. The two steel traps were set in large remnants in an along the edge of these grassy thickets. In afternoon one of the convicts bought in the small boats while I took it to Landlockham. I will not be sure of this identification until I see the truth. He showed on the exact spot from which they were taken at. It was a sphagnum clump about the base of a cottonwood in which there were numerous humus. The humus are not dry nor were the signs of drug about which might indicate that they have in constant use. According to the story of the convict he had went to cut the trees down, about which the sphagnum clumped, and the "Morm" ran away through the brush and sphagnum. On digging into the clump from which can come to spread the two gangs[?]. They were near the top of the clump, the drain portion expanded to the sun.