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October 16, 1925 - Threatened rain
during the late afternoon. One
of my traps set in the dense brush
on the mountain side at an altitude
of 900 feet by some small holes
(10584) had a tailless kiomys. I had I not
arrived when I did the ants would
have ruined it for they had commences
their "dirty" work. At this same place
several days ago I had the tail of
a kiomys, probably this mouse, at an
altitude of 900 feet in an open space
at the base of a steep rocky cliff is a
patch of heavy stemmed broadleafed plants. Under these plants
are many burrows. It looks as if
some mammal was feeding on the
roots. I caught a kiomys at one of
these burrows but the ants bit me
to it. The brush fence by which
I have set some trap and made
several good catches leads up the
hill side some distance and terminate
where a tree is holding a small
red bank from eroding by means of
its roots. A trap set by a hole
leading back under the roots of
(10587)
the tree had a Blue-tailed rat. The
trap was baited with corn. Our
(10589) more brought in an opossum which
he said was caught in a dead fall
in a banana tree one mile west of
Dividers. The recent coloration
I think is due to soil stain. I washed
much of it out. This yellowish muck
is found in the mine tunnels.