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down to rest.

Mud Spring Road Mud Spring Road, Colo. Sept 4, 1909 September 4, 1909

At 2 p.m. (sic) it got too cold for me under the wagon, so I got up, replenished the fire and laid down before it the balance of the night. An old bull kept rumbling around all night and toward morning the coyotes Canis latrans were noisy. At 4 a.m. it clouded up and rained gently until after daylight. I arose at 6 a.m., fried some ham, baked potatoes in the ashes and ate my breakfast. Finished packing the part of the load that is at the wagon, harnessed the horses and collected Euconulus Euconulus, Vitrina Vitrina and Pupillidae Pupillidae and saw some Oreohelix cooperi Oreohelix cooperi. Felger arrived at about 9 a.m. with A. J. La Kamp and son Henry, who brought up the part of the load "ditched" yesterday, with a