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his wrist last night by a fall in mounting one of the horses bareback. Robbins shot at a badger Taxidea taxus a mile this side of camp but he got into his hole. A half mile north of the stage station which is just north of the divide at Nine Mile Draw Nine Mile Draw Felger killed one. A mile north of camp we collected some fossil Corbicula Corbicula. Where Felger killed the badger Taxidea taxus I collected Oreohelix cooperi Oreohelix cooperi, Vitrina alaskana Vitrina alaskana, Vallonia sp Vallonia. We lunched and fed horses at stage station at 2 p.m.. Started on at 2:45. Crossed the divide or pass from Spring Creek Spring Creek, Colorado to Curtis Creek Curtis Creek, Colorado at 3:04. Just before crossing Felger killed a spotted spermophile Spermophilus. At reservoir about seven miles from Meeker Meeker, Colorado, Felger killed a prairie dog Cynomys leucurus without the white tail, just where he killed the one on the 12th . We reached Meeker Meeker, Colorado at 6:15, got supper of beefsteak, bread and butter and coffee, then skinned the badger Taxidea taxus roughly. Not so cool