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Journal
July 11 (cont)
the stomach contents without further digestion. Also a
phaloscope nest with nestlings was found but not taken.
A clear day but overcast. Wind was from the N.E.
July 13 - St. Barrow, Alaska;
Started on the colony about 10:30 working until after lunch,
Hines, Sullivan & went to set traps in lines I, II, III & IV.
Very nice day, warm breeze but slightly overcast. Holmes &
Waller took Tracy I. Storer & his wife on a small tour of the
Tundra. The Storers arrived the 12th and are staying with
some people here for a few days, just on a visit. The lines
have lost much of the water that was evident earlier between
polygons. We will have to check line VI & VII to see if it
would be possible to run them. I finished the colony
upon returning. Something I should have noted earlier,
in fact two things; one is that there are two litters being
taken care of in the lemming colony, one from a pair of breeders
and another from a female who was brought in from the village
& had the litter the same night. Another fact is that in
some 13 lemmings brought in from the village 2073 were
very young, suggesting that some young are running around.
July 14 - St. Barrow, Alaska;
Very warm morning, heater had to be turned off
immediately in the colony and windows opened. After
doing some of the routine work, Dave came by and suggested
a much faster way of doing the routine work, which I
decline to use simpler & actually, faster. Also
Dave wants to run a test on 10 lemmings (y-34),