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1927 P.8
Los Esesmiles, Dept, Chalatenango, Salvador
and in some of the gulches
on the north slopes water dripped
from the leaves above. At
11:30 A.M. today clouds of heavy
mist commenced to pass
through the trees on the higher
points and by 2:30 P.M. they
were down the mountain side
at an elevation of 7000 feet.
Day before yesterday we strung
traps from the edge of the
oak spin forest well into
the region vacated by ferns
and underbrush. A small
snap trap set under a semirotten
log among ferns and dense brush
caught a Reithrodonomys, No. 12429.
The trap was set on some dead
moss by a little round hole
led back further
Scotingmys
No. 12430, was caught under a
rotton log in a dense patch
of ferns. Another, No. 12431, was
caught at the base of a small tree
in the ferns. There were several
small holes that led back
under some dead fern leaves and
trash at the base of this tree and
it was by one of these holes
that I set the trap. A Heteromys
No. 12432 was caught in a