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Little Lake, Calif.
July 23 1933
Caught another Peromyia in the
camp lake. There were four very
small embryos developing (0) This
morning as I left camp to run
my trap line I noticed the track
of a coyote which had come
within 20 ft. of my camp. He had
followed the filthy trail between
the lake and the river and on
noticing camp in retreated to
the trail that goes about the
North end of the lake. I found
him caught in the first set which
is approximately 100 yds. from
camp. He seemed to me extremely
large and on noticing his teeth
I found that many were missing
and those that were left were
badly worn. The days previous
a coyote had come into camp in
the same manner but instead
of retreating as the one last night
did he circled about camp and
went to the North. I have no
reason to disbelieve that the
coyote of last night and the
one appearing thus night ago
was the same individual. Do