January 22 & 23 1927 we ran out of carbide for lights and couldn't hunt at night traps did not catch any thing these two days Jan. 24 1927 Got Carbide for lights and we were off for a hunt I followed the river for a long ways looking for otter but couldn't see any then I took into the brush, got lost and wandered about for hours try to find my way out and looking for eyes finally I came to a marshy place there I saw a couple of eyes looking at me but was to far to shoot at so I made my way toward it very slowly through brush finally when in shooting range I shot at it when upon investigating to see what it was found No 12397 lying dead so I put it in a sack and went on out a short distance and saw eyes of No 12399 looking at me it was setting in a cow trail only a short distance from No 12397 which was evidently were mates I put No 12399 also in sack and went on wandering around in this marsh when I heard a noise to one side of me and up in a large tree