Gilmore MICROTUS (6) 1931 spot; the old village sits only several hundred yards away. I had seen the numerous runways before but had thought that trapping would be very difficult due to the close proximity to the village whence issued many prowling dogs & kids. However, since I lost all the skulls of the mice & squirrels I have taken & date, by leaving a boy, others where native children uncovered the removed the covering & the dogs did the rest; I had to trap in the old house mounds pits. 30 traps in the last 12 hours have yielded 12 mice. Run the line every 5-6 hours to get the mice before the dogs do. These old mounds & pits are overgrown with grass, littered with whale bone & the depressions filled with water. Natives are constantly digging in them for old relics & seal to greable whites, there are meat cellers still in use among the ruminis & kids & dogs are always