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Buford, Colo. Buford, Colorado, Saturday Aug 21, 1909 August 21, 1909

Partly cloudy morning. Up at 7 a.m. Found 2 mice in traps. Set Terry to collecting plants in Robbins' place. I put up the mice while Felger put up birds. At noon it rained hard and hailed for a long time and continued to drizzle for most of the afternoon. At 4 p.m. we had dinner consisting chiefly of nine mourning doves, a real treat. I boiled and washed a large number of dish cloths and towels in the afternoon. Have had wet boots all afternoon from wading in the weeds in search of dry wood. Cut down 2 dead trees. At six p.m. Felger and I set 8 traps. I found a number of Succinea sp. Succinea on logs at the water's edge, and a single Aplexa hyperorum Aplexa hyperorum in the water of a small channel of