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Monday June 29 The wind rose in
the night and I kept up
all day and m could not more
was up in good time and
discovered a number of
bunnies of ground squirrels
along the clay banks. Snaught
a pair of adults and two
young ones by shooting and
trapping. They burrow all
along below high water
mark but then rattle
Lares are high up on
the clay banks. They run
about 1/2 grown
I saw also a number of
rabbits which were
very numerous and
skinned there.
Left at 9 PM and
Traveled into the night
Tuesday June 28 Traveled until 6
AM and then put ashore to
sleep a little. Wk again at
12 as Traveled night. Baw
northly high Clay. Saw 3 more
a cow and calf which starts
4 soon in the river. I secured
Snap shots of them. Drove
the calf ashore and caught
it by hand. A few miles
below saw a loagbeall
on an island. Landed
and went down along
the edge of the willow
wall. I saw him coming
forward me. When I
Crouched behind a thin
willow shrub and let him
approach within 50 feet
Although I was not plan