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gave us 11 fine trout, which we had for supper, and used the heads for bait for the four mink Neovison vison traps which Felger set. Fine day. Not so cool this evening.

Marvine Lodge, Colo., Friday, Aug 27, 1909

A mink Neovison vison in fine pelage in one trap, a shrew Soricidae and three mice mouse in the mouse traps. Cloudy morning. Felger and Green left at 11 a.m. on horseback with pack horses for a three day elk Cervus canadensis hunt. I prepared mink Neovison vison and shrew Soricidae skin. At noon it began to rain and rained considerably throughout the afternoon. Cloudy and threatening at bedtime.

Marvine Lodge Marvine Lodge, Colo., Saturday Aug. 28, 1909 August 28, 1909

Fine, bright morning. One steel trap sprung and dragged but nothing in it. Bait gone from all of them.