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soon shot two more pine squirrels Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, which are abundant here, but quit shooting because we have enough for supper. Reached the divide at 2:45 p.m. but no water, so came back down the gulch 1/4 mile and camped in grove of big aspens Populus tremuloides. Robbins took the rifle and went after deer deer, and Santiago went after turkeys Meleagris gallopavo and grouse Centrocercus urophasianus with the shotgun. Both returned at 6 p.m. with nothing, Santiago shot at a turkey Meleagris gallopavo and missed it. Indians are seldom good shots. I shot the squirrels with the "Game Getter", 44 calibre, #8 shot. Robbins reports deer tracks plentiful on the ridge.

Fine large aspens Populus tremuloides predominate at camp and for a mile or two below.

Cloudy and threatening at bedtime. Turned in a little before 8 p.m.

Near Valle Grande, W of Buckman Mill, N. M. Buckman, NM, Friday Aug. 19, 1910 August 19, 1910.

It rained hard during early part of night and fitfully all night. Robbins and I had a good tarpaulin and slept dry. Santiago kept reasonably dry under a tree. Up at 5:15 a.m. in a dense fog.