traps (100). With killdeer but caught only to merries. There were hundreds of shrikes but strangely enough few animals. Kangaroo rats were said the plentiful but we caught none. mid July 9 We started late. I had a long march camping at the village of Tega valley which leads into the Tola valley. It had rained hard much of the day & our camp at night was wet all but we soon made ourselves comfortable. At 2 a.m. there was still rain & it was damp very cold but about 10 o'clock the sun came out. At the Ruman bridge the axle on my one cart broke so I had to leave it at export & go on with our stuff piled on the other two. We had a difficult time getting into Tega for the little students which usually run out of the beautiful valley just east of Tega were suddenly roaring torrent. On the banks of the large river was a picturesque campage. Tents were pitched with plain hillside & hundreds of carts were drawn up in an orderly array while the other camels wandered about