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Hoffmeister
1941
Itinerary
April 14 Mouth Devils Canyon, 5 mi. NW San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., Cal.
Set 30 mouse traps and 2 rat traps at the above locality. It
rained considerably during the night, but not enough to spring
any traps. Caught 7 Peromyscus maniculatus and 3 Dipodomys
gigas(?). One Dipodomys had freshly cut green twigs in its
cheek pouches; one was lactating but without embryos. The male
Peromyscus had the testes enlarged and protruding.
April 15 Lone Pine, Inyo Co., Calif.
Left San Bernardino and drove to Barstow, thence north 7 mi.,
turning thence west towards the Barstow fossil beds in
search of "Rodent Hill." Went out this road about 2 mi.
& turned north on a road marked "Rainbow Basin" - 2
miles and "Sager Butte" - 2 miles (Sager may be misspelled
because the 3rd letter was poorly discernible upon the
post mutilated sign). 4 mi. up this latter road led to the
base of some hills. From here on the road bed was
washed out due to recent rains, in which a stream
had flowed down the road. My wife & I walked a
distance up the roadway, noting many places in
which there was bluish clay seemingly suitable for
fossil deposits. We searched only for a short while,
returning to the car without finding to our
knowledge "Rodent Hill." Returned to Barstow, drove to
Baker, San Bernardino County, northward via Shoshone to
Death Valley Junction. Drove into Death Valley along
Furnace Creek & out of the valley by way of Torone's
Pass, across the Panamints, dropping down into Panamint
valley, thence over the Argus Range into Keeler,