Journal, v4151
Page 31
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Transcription
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