Cvclometer reading 10.2 miles 3 v 2 % 



12.3 '' 2 % % 



13.2 " 1 s 



'' " 15.0 " 5 s ? ? 9 2 ? 



15.2 " 1 ^ 



17.2 " 1 ^ 



'' '' 17.5 " 6 sex? 



'' " 17.9 " 3 - 



18.1 " 2 ^ ^ (juv.) 



(Desert Lake) 



19.4 " 2 sex' 



20.1 " 4 I I 9 ^, 



" " 21.4 " 6 ^ ^ 2 ? 9 s 



u a 



22.6 " ^ I 



Arvived Ft. Warner 37 



It should l3e noted that these antelope were feeding 

 around this grou}) of water holes, and it must not be 

 inferred that a similar distri]jution extends over the en- 

 tire region. The country at the west is too high and 

 rocky for antelope, althoiigh it is a good deer country. 

 The rim rocks and escarpments of the Warner range 

 was, until about 1910, the last stand of the mountain 

 sheep in this region. 



No more glorious camping place could l)e found; all 

 the desiral)le concomitants of camp life — wood, water, 

 meat, shelter, owls, coyotes, "camp robl)ers" and pack 

 rats. The total antelope for the day, 54 ; last year, same 

 place, 67. 



(Last year we explored the head waters of Rock 

 Creek, rising from springs on the northwest slope of 

 the Warner Mountain Range, to the south of the top 

 of the Plush Grade. As the region is not suitable for 

 antelope I omitted it this year.) 



September 21: After exploring the region south 

 of Fort Warner as far as the Canyon of Warner Creek, 

 and failing to locate a possilile chance of getting 

 through Avith the auto to either the Jacolj or to the Cal- 

 derwood ranches, which I estimated must be six to nine 

 miles away toward the south, we decided to minimize 



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