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B. Richardson
134 General Account 59
of that of Great Basin with
its glacial valley, cirques
and rugged mountains forming
the rim of the basin.
This neither so large or
impressive as the two
previously mentioned.
The mammals and
birds of prey that were
seen today were relatively
few. A chipmunk was
seen at an elevation of
12500 ft in tall flowering
meadow grass. The rock
wrens were singing
and were also seen let
at an altitude of 12500 ft.
There was evidence of
where winter work
along the grassy stream bank.
The fish in this first
three lakes were plentiful
and of good size. From all
appearances they were
Bald Eagle Trout
In the evening 5:20 P.M.
I observed an old & American
Merganser that was feeding
on the fingerling fish in