[Journal] March 6-November 22, 1933
Page 143
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September 7 1935 I first picked up the 18 kills that I got out before the rain drove me in getting, I got one white tailed red whitetail moose and three similar but smaller called "Reddish grey moose". After which I went and looked for the two animals that I shot just but could only find one while the boy was looking I took some photos of Little Auga valley & Muncle from the trail. Returning to camp I skinned out one of the rats while "Christmas" was at cutting the tree down to get the other which was a Pseudaxis. When he returned I had him skin the Stalangeri while I skinned the large Pseudo-chirin. We had an early lunch and returned to the Trofa camp immediately afterwards. I followed the same route as before in descending and caught in the trail in the main nature trail a young Dacofasi. I got caught in the rain and arrived somewhat confused. I took a little over three hours to come up. The rest of the afternoon was spent in cleaning, Note 1. September 8 1935 After a hurried round of my steel traps which held nothing I returned to camp and spent the rest of the day making up the animals skinned yesterday. September 9 1935 Again I visited its steel traps which held nothing. I stopped at the lower bank once ground and after cutting one or two trees tried a photo but after which I returned to camp and put out a line of traps below camp and between here & the lower lake. After lunch I developed the film & finished this morning. The four bad dance pictures were a failure not enough light. September 10 1935 I spent most of the morning clearing trees to get a photo of the power; this time & hope something will show. I saw a hawk with long narrow wings & notable tail circling over the forest. I got nothing in my traps and was starting out in the afternoon to clear away another bow trail once ground when Mesa too brought in a Dacofasi unfortunately he blew shot into it by 4 o'clock so I left Christmas to skin it out & went to look at the power which I located after turning on wrong turn. I decided to wait till the morning before clearing way. I noticed on the way one or two good looking trail of animals. Also