Thompson 134 Zion Nat'l Parks West Rim Trip by horseback from Deer Ranch to Springdale & up the canyon to the Hodge. Russell, Woodlurgy, Dixon & B.H.W. May 29, 1931 Hot sunny day. The country steadily tapers off toward the south & west to the Virgin River. The cover is much the same everywhere except that more sage brush flats are encountered. The slopes just west of the park highway and just south of the park boundary, are deer wintering grounds & should be in the park. Deer are killed here every winter. The land is not good for much else. Woodlurgy collected about 8 breeding toads (Bufo punctatus) in the stream in West Canyon behind West Temple. They breed in after rain squalls & little streams. Water & not temperature seems to be the critical factor, because the temperature was high previous to the rains. They croak while breeding. How they all find water & close their breeding cycle in so short a time is a mystery. Two species of Horned Toad,