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Transcription
Andatra z. mergans
6 mi N Stillwater, 3900 ft, Churchill Co., Nevada.
August 25, 1940
Today, in company with [illegible]
J. Mills, we were riding in
a small motor boat and
out in a lake we observed
a muskrat. The nearest land
was several hundred feet
but tules were growing
all around." I shot at
the animal and wounded
it but it "came to life" and
escaped into the tules
before one could get it.
He observed the animal
several times swimming
from out in the lake into
the tules before I shot. It
was not a cloudy a
clear day, with some wind.
Observed animal at 3:30 PM.