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Gibmore CITELLUS (7)
1931
that from 1894-1900, or thereabouts,
a Mr. Applegate planted squirrels
on this island for fox food. Where
he got them I should't [illegible], but
it seems logical to suppose that was
from the most easily accessible spot
on the mainland. The foxes, however,
do not eat them. Pattetton says the
squirrels are too big for the foxes to
handle, but I believe the squirrels
are in general distasteful!
Mr. Applegate was a surveyor by
trade until he took up fox farming
on all the islands he could get, and
the indiscriminate transplanting of
mice + squirrels from island to
island.
Oct. 16 Akutan Bay, Akutan Is., E. Aleutians
No squirrels on Akutan Is.; at least
I did not see any, and the inhabitants
say that there are none here.