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Richardson
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General Account
14 22 Emerald Lake 9340 ft.
Inyo Co., California.
From the slopes this morning we got 5 Chromospinus manipulete, 4 Microtus and 1 Shrew.
Took a short hunting trip down to Astor Lake and back and on the way shot one Sequoia Chipmunk and saw 4 others. Also saw 4 Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels and two Marmot (Suns).
Later in the morning we took a trip of about 4 1/2 mi over to Pear Lake. Pear lake is a younger lake in formation with more abrupt rock walls and seemingly deeper than Astor or Emerald lake. There are large slides in the granite which contain the same crystallized properties of granite.
On the round trip, I saw 8 Chipmunks and 2 Marmot and shot 1 Calliope hummingbird.
In the afternoon I skimmed