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8/7/25
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August 7, 1925 - The jungles were quite refreshed from yesterday's rain. My clothing got wet while I was running my trap line. It rained again this evening.
Today I had another E spiny-pocket mouse eaten by ants. This one I caught in the corn patch.
The bird men reported another large bunch of spider-monkeys from farther up the canyon.
A trap baited with cormorant caught an opossum (Didelphis m.) & The mammary glands were active and the specimen was very poor, she was caught in open jungle near the lake.
An agouti (young) was caught in some open jungle in the canyon. The trap was set in a hole. The night before the trap was tripped. The animal did not resist very strenuously when taken from the trap. The hole appeared to be used frequently.
August 8, 1925 - Atmospheric conditions in the jungles were even cooler than yesterday. It rained again during the evening. The traps had two spiny-pocket mice again this morning. One was caught in the jungle not more than twenty feet from where I caught two others several days ago. The ants had discovered it and had eaten around its eyes. It had three grain