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808
Lusby
California Condor
Eben Mcmillan
9 July 1964
were within twenty feet of one another and Two of these dead
rats were within one foot of one another. Twelve of these dead
rat carcasses had Painted Rolled barley in their pouches.
The following is a list of the Pouch Contents of these 12 rats.
1 /- Rat - 15 grains of Painted Rolled barley in Pouches-(Green)
2 /- 11 - 1 grain
3 1- 11 - 4
4 1- 11 - 6
5 1- 11 - 25
6 1- 11 - 6
7 1- 11 - 28
8 1- 11 - 6
1 11 - 8
1 11 13
1 11 32
1 11 31
Even though one rat had 32 grains of Rolled barley in its
Cheek Pouches the Pouches did not appear overly filled. I
have seen dead, or trapped, rats in the past that had much more
in their Pouches.
The linear distance of the fireguard along which portion
we found the 28 dead rats measured 200 long steps, or 200 yards.
The last forty steps were at a right angle with the Others as
this fireguard had been run into a fence Corner from where it
turned at right angles with the road and proceeded due North
up a 8% to 10% grade of a hill. Only four rat bodies were picked
up on this last 40 steps. A pile of granite boulders were