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Feb 13 1927
Was not feeling very pert so stayed
in Camp today and helped put up
Skins we got on Feb 12 it being dark
when we returned to camp on Feb 12 so
did not get any skins put up that day
so stayed at Camp and put up Skins
all that day. Also packed some skins
ready to go down Hill
Feb 14 1927
went up on mountain and took up
some traps and set some more
along trail and in fences for small
mammals that we have been seeing
tracks of this dust.
also caught a large gopher in a grassy
pasture with ferns in it
this gopher was caught in a no 0 Victor
spring jump trap, when found it had
cleared up the ground as far as it could
reach and it showed fight when we
went up close to it. Have used your
macabe gopher traps but have had no
success with them as gophers are too
large for them some times you could
see a few hairs or prongs which
had gotten hold of gopher but pulled
out as prongs do not extend up
far enough to get a good hold on them
there fore we are using no 0 Victor jump
traps for them. We have also had