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B. Richardson
734 General Account 17
26. Upper Funston Meadow Kern Canyon.
Folan Co, California. 6800 ft.
Had a poor catch last
night, only three porcupine
and one other that had been
destroyed by some small mammal
before I went to the traps.
The remainder of the morning
was spent in skinning,
cooking and tidying up camp.
Upper Funston Meadow
is a narrow flood of
gassy land, chiefly along
the west bank of the
Kern River. The meadow is
rather cut off by the
willow logs and the river
as it tends to spread out
into several channels. Beside
the willow other vegetation
is the Poplar, Yellow Pine.
Lodge pole pines are encroaching
in upon the meadow. On
the steeper slopes below
the rock walls are found
Juniper, Pinion Pine and Yellow
Pine sparsely scattered.
Just after dinner a