(17) [illegible] to the tired dogs we remained in camp today and amused ourselves with small manual works. The day was absolutely clear all day, the first we have had without fog. A heavy hoar frost + ice on standing water met our sight at daybreak. I caught another long tailed shrew, thrany birds, + the 2 species of Apodelemae. The village hunter went out with a 3 harnelled green & searched for the lost dog, he found it dead killed by a coyote where we last heard the dog bark. The other dog returned to the camp at night. These poor hunters depend wholly on their dogs when hunting. They shout constantly to them & roam the whole country, they pay no attention to the wind either. The dogs draw the game or lower it, & they shoot the animals at very