El Salvador field notes, v4500
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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