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M. Brock
1957
Journal
June 24 Barrow, Northern Alaska
lemmings were removed from this
cage. According to a label at the cage the
animals were weighted on June 17 but
I could not figure out which animal
was which. But therefore the youngs
were not observed on that date and
must have been born there after; yet they
look old enough to be more then one
day old therefore the birthdate was
established as about June 20.
Due to actual known
age weight of second
litter I believe this
date would better be
June 22.
the [illegible] as many lemmings
were paired as possible, the rest put in
separate cages.
The multitude of flat skins that were
set out to dry were packed away.
One sabine's gull was prepared as
a study skin.
The treads of the 300 traps soon to
be used at Barrow, were once again
smear with peanut butter, bacon fat and
clove oil mixture.
June 25
Drove out, by myself, in a vehicle along the east
side of the gas line looking for transects I did
II. After reaching the locality I drove around
for an hour looking for the lines; I was
unable to find the lines at the locality
marked on the maps. After returning to