Journal, v4151
Page 259
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Richardson 34 81 Annual Account 423 Emerald Lake 9340 ft. Tulare Co, California. This morning before breakfast I went fishing in Emerald Lake. Caught 2 fish. There are a good many fish in the lake and some large ones (16" or 18") but there is so much food for them that they will not look at a hook. Mr. Dixon found a Thousand Schilder nest near the lake containing 4 eggs (fresh) It was built in a grassy dedge of a rock bed two feet off the ground. He later found a Kuma nest in a clump of sedge near the same locality. The remainder of the morning and for afternoon was spent in skinning. The last afternoon (4:00) I went fishing over to Pine Lake. I was able to catch the limit of 10 fish without much difficulty. 3 the largest of the fish