Alaska field notes, v1300
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697 Coyote Mt., at 3000 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. June 8, 1933 Woke up to a damp dripping wood day. Everything was wet; had to walk a couple hundred yds. to water down the steep campy on whose west side we camped. After breakfast we scouted the Hooker Ranch (now Stover) road until we came to end of byon property. Road followed crest of ridge toward Aural Mt., but due to dense fog we did not see the country about. Returned + camped at site of last night's camp ground. Poor place for permanent camp but there was no enthusiasm to get a better one. Spent most all day leveling ground, rigging shelter, & cutting wood. Rain & drizzle all the time Set about 30 traps in late afternoon in the wet dripping woods & misty drizzly fields. June 9, 1933 Again woke to a damp drizzle and the scattered large drops from the high Song Sparrow above. Ran trap line, garnered in poor catch & Spent all morning in camp with