Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930
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caught red backed Envtraps (Grapuys) and chipmunk. Down to the high gras swraks at the base of the rcks the long tailed meercies which we caught and the wood new camp is fairly about out. I. til enjoy the ride up the valley of the withunt. When we are running such a lot of traps it is unproprle to hunt big game in the morning, so we start off about 7.30. First we look at our other traps which are set on the open hill side of the main valley. Then when the specimens have been measured or that the long tailed errmists can get a thin work, we start for the cone traps; The woods are beautiful and we ride just within the edge looking out over the banks in the bottom of the valley for deer. When we reach that traps and begin to go from east to west we always gi together for it is half the funny trapping when about each new one has a store for us. We have caught 5 species an this one got dont after 6 days we had about all there was to get worth while so we sent the traps back to camp and set some of them in rocks close the vents. A From the summit of the hill where we climched when putting them out there is a marvelous view down the main valley