M.S.Richardson 4. 934 General Account. recent activity. Nest 58 ft from any oak thicket. A small test, but through, shift set off the ground near by. 1 skull of Mistoma. Found man hunt 9 large traps set at base of rat nest. The nest was built in a thicket of ferns and brush, nest showed signs of inhabitants in that there was new signs and freshly cut sticks at top of pile. 10, 11, 12 Set 15-25 ft apart in heavy thicket of ferns, black berries and other low growing dense brush. There were a great many trails in and about the vegetation plus several other wood rats mats set further back in the brush. All of the traps from 1-12 were the large wooden rat traps baited with a fifth piece of bacon rind. Out of these twelve traps only 3 were opening as stated