[Journal, June 18 to November 26, 1929]
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10 July, 3, 1929 Max 56 min 56 Rain all last night and to-day. The Hollowys and oberty #133 that I shot last evening, testes were very much enlarged & apparently in breeding condition. caught absolutely nothing and got plastered with leaches. I saw practically no birds. July 4, 1929 Max 64 min 58 Rain all last night and to-day. I caught one Galolea elegans and found him dead in the trap. He was caught only by his front foot but he had chewed off his hind foot as well his front leg & the apparently died of from loss of blood & the chewing of the feet, as evidenced by this and previous specimens, is not done with any idea of escape as it is always below the trap place where the trap is. It & apparently done through a desire to chew something. July 5, 1928 Maximum 70 min 58 Rain all last night & most of this morning. In the afternoon it showered & cleared! Got nothing in the way of mammals. Shot 5 birds one of which is now a little unidentified!