Catalogue and journal, v544
Page 105
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E. M. Brock 1956 Journal May 13 Dungeness Fish Hatchery: 500 ft, 4 mi. SSW Sequim Clallam Co., Wash. The boats slowly "coming back to life." Dr. Benson took 10 more to prepare as skins while I took the remains and weighed them; measured the forearm checked the embryos and saved the skulls only. Benson went out in the evenings to set some more traps and came back with a snowshoe rabbit he had shot. Set out three steel traps in some mountain beaver run ways in a small meadow... May 14, Picked up the trap line this morning and retrieved all specimens. Two water shrews had been caught near a weir across the Dungeness River. Also other Two other species were caught. A mountain Beaver was caught in one of the steel traps. Preparing the shrews took all morning and preparing the mountain beaver took all afternoon. Twenty traps have been set out tonight around and on the weir crossing the River. May 15 Elwha River, 3/4 mi. SW Olympic Highway (Sec 33, T30N, R7W) Clallam Co., Wash No animals were caught in the 20 traps that had been placed on the weir at the Dungeness hatchery. A crow was caught in a steel trap that had been placed out for raccoon. It had been attracted by the intestines that (from the snowshoe rabbit) which had been used as bait. At about 1:00 o'clock we broke camp and went to Port Angeles and from there to the Elwha