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26
Chile
1958
16 Aug Pitmezer River, Cape Sabine, Alaska
Set T5 & T6 in a.m. and skinned mint
not done yesterday. got 39 min in p.m.
Weather clear + sunny.
17 Aug Weather cleared by noon. Wheaton
still here. got 22 min this a.m.
near 61 km first 24 hrs!
18 Aug Weather cleared some in p.m. Found a dog
of Mysterious Minions behind camp on the
Pluff. Amazing—at this point!
19 Aug Completed T5 & T6. Set T7 & T8. A Shad-
Bill full adult and dependent juvenile moved
on to one bar this morning and the adult
raised Cain every time we go out. got
44 mins tonight including 5 lammers.
20 Aug Plane arrived with Gindardig as replacement for
Ed Clebch. So I went out to trap a snow wolf
across river mystream. Called to Gin who
walked mystream and shot wolf. Traveled
wrist deep across after specimen as we shipped
out the boat on the plane.
21 Aug Catching up on species. Still solly in a
large numbers.
22 Aug Today I found the trap I have been looking for all dinner. It was a most beautiful
and shapely trap—one whose praises
should be sung to gay and bountiful
crowds—a trap of rare perfection—