El Salvador field notes, v4500
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December 29 1926 No 12259 was shot near corn field near Rio grasoran at night by jose moralis who was hunting with carbide light December 30 1926 [gracoran] this mammal was caught 1& mi west of Rio No 12260 was caught by me in a trap that I set the day before in a clearing of about 5 or 4 acres that had grass growing in it but had been pastured the stock making trails through this field every which way which are used quite often by these animals after look ing over the field I placed two no 3 traps under and in between two trees fastening them to a drag I covered traps with grass broken up so not to inter- fear with trap going of then I took some blood meal or tankage which I had with me I sprinkled a quantity of this around traps and over them. the next morning thing found that this mammal had dragged my drag a short distance from where I had set traps. When it just seem us it tried to get away but the closer we got to hit the fles it tried to escape finely it layed down and watched us edny move we made we then took a picture of