J.G. Hall 1954 217 Aug 9 Sagehen Creek 6500ft, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. Upper Ar. 10:00 no beaver. Cutting schedule: set 4 traps D x 1 III 2 HHH III 3 HH III 4 HHH III 5 II 31 Saw water shrew at 12, left 12:15. Rockslide area of road to 89 saw Beebe, ground squirrel run across road to hole in rocks at 3&U. Ar. U. colony seat 7:15 PM. &M. Scared 2 does. 7:20 2 ? pil- isolated warblers and a chipmunk on S shore. 8:00 doe on N shore. 8:05 a small beaver came down stream, over a dam just below which I had a trap set, then right over the trap with out getting caught, into main pond & dove into lodge. No marks visible. 8:15 an un- marked beaver "hit"? did exactly the Aug 10 same. Left 8:25.// Ar. 3:10 to find 3 beavers caught: kit (?) at main dam in v. poor shape. Sexed her as ? & marked: (J) Caught the "yearling" marked two days ago: (J) at the same trap where the 2 small beaver "escaped" last night. Let her go; she was in good shape. At uppermost trap where I made my 2 catches last year, was a mature lactating ?, dead - slight bleeding at the nose. Just like the lactating ? caught last year on Aug 3. Acc. to streamside thermograph at camp air temp was at a minimum at 6 AM of 33°, water 42.5° at same time. Last Aug 3